title: Composite venous coronary grafts: construction made simple.
abstract: We describe an efficient, safe, and effective method for constructing a satisfactory composite venous conduit from 2 portions of saphenous vein, which by themselves would be inadequate in length to function as independent conduits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Peter Hsang-Yu
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Ivor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galvin
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D014654:Vascular Patency