The role of vein grafts in coronary surgery

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Schachner, Thomas ^a   Laufer, G ^a   Bonatti, J ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CABG; Coronary surgery; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SMOKING CESSATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

EID: 34248995850     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-007-0316-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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