The Natural History of Stenoses within Lower Limb Arterial Bypass Grafts Using a Graft Surveillance Program

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 695-703

  Carter, A ^a   Murphy, M O ^a   Halka, A T ^a   Turner, N J ^a   Kirton, J P ^a   Murray, D ^a   Bodill, H ^a   Millar, M L ^a   Mason, T ^a   Smyth, J V ^a   Walker, M G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE SURGERY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 35548949914     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.07.019     Document Type: Article

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