Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 495-500 , March 2003

Is early postoperative duplex scan surveillance of leg bypass grafts clinically important?

Presented at the Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of The Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 18 June 2002 ,Accepted 15 October 2002.

  • Image Result

    Distribution of grafts after early duplex scan examination and risk stratification criteria.

    Distribution of grafts after early duplex scan examination and risk stratification criteria.

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    Distribution of duplex scan-detected velocity disturbance at early surveillance

    Distribution of duplex scan-detected velocity disturbance at early surveillance

 Competition of interest: none.

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.115

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 495-500 , March 2003