Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1452-1458 , June 2009

Patency of infra-inguinal vein grafts – effect of intraoperative Doppler assessment and a graft surveillance program

Received 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00229-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.002

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 1452-1458 , June 2009

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