Demise of open vein harvesting

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-128

  Aranki, Sary F ^a   Shopnick, Barry ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; coronary artery disease; Editorials; vein graft

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OPEN VEIN HARVEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 78751625141     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.002725     Document Type: Editorial

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