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The modulation of smooth muscle cell phenotype is an early event in human aorto-coronary saphenous vein grafts.
Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological anatomy and histopathology - 1 Jan 1992
Kockx M M, Cambier B A, Bortier H E, De Meyer G R, Van Cauwelaert P A
Abstract excerpt
The morphological changes in human vein grafts occurring in the first days after a coronary bypass operation (CBP) are rarely reported in the literature. Sections of aorto-coronary vein grafts from 11 patients who died during the first 10 days after a CBP were obtained at autopsy. The number of vein grafts per patient ranged from 1 to 4, yielding a total of 28 vein grafts. The early changes in the vein grafts...
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