Risk Factors for Radial Artery Harvest Site Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 30 (2) , 270-275
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313657
Abstract
Radial arteries increasingly are used during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Although risk factors for saphenous vein harvest site infecKeywords
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