Arterial balloon catheter: A new atraumatic device for dilating arterial grafts

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 810-815

  Jeanmart, Hugues ^b   Perrault, Louis P ^a   Desjardins, Nathalie ^b   Chavanon, Olivier ^b   Carrier, Michel ^b   Fonger, James D ^b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Washington Adventist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOTHELIUM; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DILATATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; MAMMARY ARTERIES; NITROPRUSSIDE; SWINE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034850008     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02895-8     Document Type: Article

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