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Role of Venous Grafts in Combination with Arterial Grafting

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Arterial Grafting for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

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  1. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, OR, USA

    G. -W. He MD, PhD, DSc

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wuhan Heart Institute, The Central Hospital, Wuhan, China

    G. -W. He MD, PhD, DSc

  3. Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    G. -W. He MD, PhD, DSc

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  1. Oregon Health and Science University, USA

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  2. Cardiovascular Research, Albert Starr Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  3. Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, China

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  4. Wuhan Heart Institute, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, China

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  5. Cardiovascular Surgical Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

  6. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Guo-Wei He MD, PhD, DSc (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery, Director, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Research Professor of Surgery and Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery)

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He, G.W. (2006). Role of Venous Grafts in Combination with Arterial Grafting. In: He, GW. (eds) Arterial Grafting for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30084-8_38

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