Pretreatment with α-adrenergic blockers for prevention of radial artery spasm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1368-1370

  Locker, C ^a   Mohr, R ^a   Paz, Y ^a   Lev Ran, O ^a   Herz, I ^a   Uretzky, G ^a   Shapira, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PAPAVERINE; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY SPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0036799370     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03914-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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