Radial artery harvest: Comparison of ultrasonic dissection with standard technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-114

  Ronan, John W ^a   Perry, Loretta A ^a   Barner, Hendrick B ^a   Sundt III, Thoralf M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY SPASM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSECTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISSECTION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PAPAVERINE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REOPERATION; THORACIC ARTERIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033974337     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01193-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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