Storage of radial artery grafts in blood increases vessel reactivity to vasoconstrictors in vitro

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2191-2195

  Tatoulis, James ^a   Jiang, Guang Chi ^a   Moffatt, James D ^a,b   Cocks, Thomas M ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM; SEROTONIN; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BLOOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIAL ARTERY; SEROTONIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033380174     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01065-6     Document Type: Article

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