A standard of care for radial artery grafting

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 429-435

  Hayes, Eric C ^a   L'Ecuyer, Kristine M ^b  

^a St Mary's Health Center   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0032200901     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1998.7.6.429     Document Type: Article

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