Protective constriction of coronary vein grafts with knitted nitinol

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-71

  Moodley, Loven ^a   Franz, Thomas ^a   Human, Paul ^a   Wolf, Michael F ^b   Bezuidenhout, Deon ^a   Scherman, Jacques ^a   Zilla, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass; Intimal suppressive; Knitted nitinol mesh; Vein grafts

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; NITINOL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXPLANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIGATION; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL MESH;

CORONARY BYPASS; INTIMAL SUPPRESSIVE; KNITTED NITINOL MESH; VEIN GRAFTS;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; HISTOLOGY; NEOINTIMA; PAPIO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84879564752     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs670     Document Type: Article

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