Does a 'no-touch' technique result in better vein patency?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 626-630

  Sepehripour, Amir H ^a   Jarral, Omar A ^b   Shipolini, Alex R ^b   McCormack, David J ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Graft patency; Saphenous vein harvest

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LEPTIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; NO TOUCH TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASA VASORUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 83255164702     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.281998     Document Type: Article

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