Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , January 2003

Modifiable patient factors are associated with reverse vein graft occlusion in the era of duplex scan surveillance

Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 17 June 2002 ,Accepted 19 August 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by grant # R01HL45267 NIH, NHLBI.

☆☆ Competition of interest: nil.

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.4

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , January 2003

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