New noninvasive test alternative to Allen's test: Snuff-box technique

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 756-758

  Kochi, K ^a   Sueda, T ^a   Orihashi, K ^a   Matsuura, Y ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032851418     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70028-0     Document Type: Article

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