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Relationship between plasma homocysteine levels and saphenous vein graft disease after coronary artery bypass grafts.
Japanese heart journal - 1 Sept 2001
Iwama Y, Mokuno H, Watanabe Y, Shimada K, Yokoi H, Daida H, Hosoda Y, Yamaguchi H
Abstract excerpt
The long-term efficacy of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is limited by saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease. Elevated levels of plasma homocysteine are a known independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, its influence on the patency of SVG is unknown. To determine whether plasma homocysteine levels are related to SVG disease after CABG we measured homocysteine levels in 80 patients who...
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