The impact of distension pressure on acute endothelial cell loss and neointimal proliferation in saphenous vein grafts

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Stigler, Robert ^a   Steger, Christina ^b   Schachner, Thomas ^a   Holfeld, Johannes ^a   Edlinger, Michael ^a   Grimm, Michael ^a   Semsroth, Severin ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distension pressure; Endothelial cell loss; Neointimal proliferation; Saphenous vein grafts

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE ENDOTHELIUM CELL LOSS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISTENSION PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERBARISM; HYPOBARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOINTIMA; ORGAN CULTURE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEOINTIMA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84873178138     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs402     Document Type: Article

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