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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>60</Volume>
      <Issue>10</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Phlebosclerosis of Great Saphenous Vein Series of Cases During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)</title>
    <FirstPage>659</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>662</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Dinesh Kumar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sathanantham</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Government Medical College Kottayam, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Jayakumar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Thanathu Krishnan Nair</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Government Medical College Kottayam, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Joseph</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kathayanat</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Government Medical College Kottayam, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Silpa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Raj</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pathology, Government Medical College Kottayam, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Kerala, India</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>02</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Phlebosclerosis is defined as the fibrous degeneration of the venous wall, though in history, it has been defined from endophlebitis to hyalinzation of the intima of the venous wall, the actual pathology is obscure.&#xA0;We present a case series of three different cases from three different decades of life, 5th, 6th, 7th&#xA0; respectively with varied co-morbities, in which we encountered phlebosclerosis , while harvesting GSV for CABG.: To author&#x2019;s knowledge, this is the first ever indigenous study on phlebosclerosis of GSV, the study would give a excerpt into the continuum on the natural history of the disease. The literature is reviewed and the case is presented.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/9208</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
