Patency of infra-inguinal vein grafts - effect of intraoperative Doppler assessment and a graft surveillance program

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1452-1458

  Hobbs, Simon D ^a   Pinkney, Thomas ^a   Sykes, Timothy C F ^a   Fox, Antony D ^a   Houghton, Andy D ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEINS;

EID: 66149121477     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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