Diameter and compliance of the greater saphenous vein - Effect of age and nitroglycerine

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Zachrisson, H ^a,b   Lindenberger, M ^b,c   Hallman, D ^a   Ekman, M ^d   Neider, D ^a   Lanne T ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Biomedical Data AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

By pass surgery; Compliance; Graft; Venous ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79958774991     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2011.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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