Results from an Italian multicentric registry comparing heparin-bonded ePTFE graft and autologous saphenous vein in below-knee femoro-popliteal bypasses

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Dorigo, W ^a   Pulli, R ^a   Piffaretti, G ^b   Castelli, P ^b   Griselli, F ^c   Dorrucci, V ^c   Ferilli, F ^d   Ottavi, P ^d   De Blasis, G ^e   Scalisi, L ^e   Monaca, V ^f   Battaglia, G ^g   Vecchiati, E ^g   Casali, G ^g   Pratesi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Umberto I   (Italy)

^d S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Ospedale SS Filippo e Nicola   (Italy)

^f VE Ferrarotto S Bambino Hospital   (Italy)

^g S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heparin; Peripheral arterial disease; Veins

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROSTHESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84861804979     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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