Morphological features of vasa vasorum in pathologically changed human great saphenous vein and its tributaries

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Kachlík, David ^a,d   Stingl, J ^a   Sosna, B ^a   Straka, Z ^a   Lametschwandtner, A ^b   Minnich, B ^b   Fara P ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Great saphenous vein; Tributaries; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; VASA VASORUM; VEIN SURGERY; VEIN WALL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSE VEINS; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45849127274     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.37.2.127     Document Type: Article

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