Routine use of unilateral and bilateral radial arteries for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 959-963

  Brodman, Richard F ^a,b   Frame, Rosemary ^a   Camacho, Margarita ^a   Chen, Alan ^a   Hu, Eric ^a   Hollinger, Ingrid ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030273690     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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