Open AccessBrilliant Blue FCF as an Alternative Dye for Saphenous Vein Graft Marking
Author(s) -
Igor Voskresensky,
Eric S. Wise,
Kyle M. Hocking,
Fan Dong Li,
Michael J. Osgood,
Padmini Komalavilas,
Colleen M. Brophy,
Joyce CheungFlynn
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2029
Subject(s) - medicine , bypass grafting , saphenous veins , artery , smooth muscle , vein , surgery
Surgical skin markers are used off-label to mark human saphenous veins (HSVs) to maintain orientation before implantation as aortocoronary or peripheral arterial bypass grafts. These surgical skin markers impair functional responses of the HSV tissue.
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