Efficacy of duplex ultrasound surveillance after infrainguinal vein bypass may be enhanced by identification of characteristics predictive of graft stenosis development

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 613-618

  Tinder, Chelsey N ^a   Chavanpun, Joe P ^a   Bandyk, Dennis F ^a   Armstrong, Paul A ^a   Back, Martin R ^a   Johnson, Brad L ^a   Shames, Murray L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT STENOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WARFARIN;

EID: 49749111100     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.04.053     Document Type: Article

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