Choice of vein-harvest technique for coronary artery bypass grafting: Rationale and design of the REGROUP trial

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 325-330

  Zenati, Marco A ^a   Gaziano, J Michael ^b   Collins, Joseph F ^c   Biswas, Kousick ^c,d   Gabany, Jennifer M ^e   Quin, Jacquelyn A ^f   Bitondo, Jerene M ^g   Bakaeen, Faisal G ^a   Kelly, Rosemary F ^h   Shroyer, A Laurie ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA Cooperative Studies Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN VEIN HARVESTING; PARALLEL DESIGN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STUDY DESIGN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TISSUE GRAFT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84902548095     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22267     Document Type: Article

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