Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1235-1242 , June 2008

Early remodeling of lower extremity vein grafts: Inflammation influences biomechanical adaptation

Received 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Supported by funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL75771) to Drs Conte, Owens, and Rybicki, the Clinical Investigator Training Program, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology to Dr Owens; NIBIB (K23-882) and the Whitaker Foundation to Dr Rybicki.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00021-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.009

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1235-1242 , June 2008

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