The Value of Vein Graft Surveillance in Bypasses Performed with Small-Diameter Vein Grafts

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Mofidi, R ^a   Pandanaboyana, S ^a   Flett, M M ^a   Nagy, J ^a   Griffiths, G D ^a   Stonebridge, P A ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN GRAFT DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58149188193     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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