Effect of radial artery harvest on collateral forearm blood flow and digital perfusion

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 512-516

  Brodman, Richard F ^a   Hirsh, Laurie E ^a   Frame, Rosemary ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 0036521126     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.119885     Document Type: Article

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