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vena saphena - either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the foot

great saphenous vein, long saphenous vein - the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral vein

short saphenous vein - a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee

vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"

leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

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References in periodicals archive

After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; left Arteria mammaria to LAD, Vena saphena magna to Ramus intermedius and to Ramus circumflexus) patient died the 11th postoperative day due to septic shock.

Acute left main coronary artery occlusion

Patient underwent three- vessel CABG with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and vena saphena magna grafts.

Ogilvie syndrome: a rare but lethal intestinal complication of coronary revascularization/Ogilvie sendromu: Koroner revaskularizasyonun nadir fakat lumcul bir intestinal komplikasyonu

Ein Myom der Vena Saphena. Virchow's Archly fur pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und fur klinische Medizin 1868;44:133.

Auricular angioleiomyoma: a case report and review of the literature

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