Morbidity after procurement of radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary revascularization

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 803-808

  Reddy, V Seenu ^a   Parikh, Samir M ^a   Drinkwater Jr , Davis C ^a,b   Lo, Amy ^a   Rauth, Thomas P ^a   Moleski, Rosemary M ^a   Chang, Paul A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN; PALLOR; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036186312     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03576-7     Document Type: Article

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