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Gene therapy for vein graft disease
1Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. cable.david@mayo.edu
Current Cardiology Reports
|January 5, 2001
Abstract:
Applying gene therapeutics to vein graft disease requires foundational knowledge of the underlying pathophysiology. This review details a brief description of vein graft disease, examines published and unpublished data on gene transfer to veins, and reviews the genes, which have significantly altered vascular biology.