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Allison B. Hall and Emmanouil S. Brilakis . J Thorac Dis. 2019 May; 11(Suppl 9): S1441–S1444. Saphenous vein graft failure: seeing the bigger picture

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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 0 (2017) prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts tothe right coronary artery: the VEST II study David P. Taggarta,b, Sanaz Amina,b,*, Jasmina Djordjevicb, Evangelos K. Oikonomouc, Sheena Thomasc,Anna-Maria Kampolid, Nikant Sabharwala,c, Charalambos Antoniadesa,c and George Krasopoulosa,