Extraluminal Atherosclerosis: An Under-recognised Finding in Human Aortocoronary Venous Bypass Grafts

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Pourabdollah, Mihan ^a,b   Hasssantash, Seyed Ahmad ^d,e   Bikdeli, Behnood ^c,d,e,f   Sadeghian, Maryam ^d   Afshar, Haleh ^d   Kalantarian, Shadi ^d,g   Sabeti, Shahram ^h   Ahmadi, Hossein ⁱ   Marzban, Mehrab ⁱ   Mohammadi, Foroozan ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Extraluminal; Graft; Positive remodelling; Vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VEIN GRAFT;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872422878     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.07.051     Document Type: Article

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