The role of preoperative radial artery ultrasound and digital plethysmography prior to coronary artery bypass grafting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-139

  Rodriguez, Evelio ^a   Ormont, Michael L ^a   Lambert, Erica H ^a   Needleman, Laurence ^a   Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Diehl, James T ^a   Edie, Richard N ^a   Mannion, John D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Plethysmography; Radial artery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BYPASS CONDUIT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONDUIT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIGITAL PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL ARTERY; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0035128732     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(00)00626-6     Document Type: Article

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