Storage of saphenous vein grafts prior to coronary artery bypass grafting: Is autologous whole blood more effective than saline in preserving graft function?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 720-725

  Tsakok, Maria ^a   Montgomery Taylor, Sarah ^b   Tsakok, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous blood; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Saline; Storage

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BLOOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYSTALLOID; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84869470701     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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