Vein graft disease
Vein graft disease is a generic reference to the progressive degradation and buildup of atheroma and clots within the ever thickening wall of veins which are used as arteries during surgical bypass operations. Often, over days to less than a decade, the sections of veins which are used as bypass grafts (sewn into the side of arteries as another path for blood to flow through) deform, narrow and occlude.
See also
- Artery
- Atheroma
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary circulation
- Cerebral circulation
- Peripheral circulation
- vein graft disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, great saphenous vein, vascular surgery
- Lipoprotein
- LDL, HDL, IDL and VLDL
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