Trulove, Susan2013-05-062013-05-062004-03-30http://hdl.handle.net/10919/20827Surgeons battle time and the body's defenses as they stitch together veins and arteries, whether after an injury or in the course of such treatments as transplants or bypasses. Loss of blood before a site is closed and too much clotting soon after challenge medical care.text/htmlIn CopyrightPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations