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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
Analysis of repeated measures of multiple surgical sites within a factorial randomised controlled trial
Authors:
Gemma Clayton, Katie Pike, Gianni D Angelini, Chris A Rogers
Published in:
Trials
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Special Issue 2/2015
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Excerpt
In heart bypass surgery, pieces of artery or vein (“conduits”) taken from elsewhere in the patients’ body are used to bypass the blocked or narrowed coronary arteries and improve the blood supply to the heart. The “Hyperplasia and Atherogenesis in Bypass Vein Grafts Following Different Surgical Preparation Techniques” (HArVeST) trial, is a single-centre study investigating if new methods of taking and preparing the conduit can improve the outcome for patients. …