Autologous external jugular vein: A potential vascular graft for carotid artery reconstruction

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-552

  Zheng, Jia wei ^a   Zhong, Lai ping ^a   Ye, Wei min ^a   Zhang, Zhi yuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CAROTID ARTERY; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60849133977     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.054     Document Type: Article

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