Measurement of ulnar flow is helpful in predicting ischemia after radial artery harvest

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Manabe, S ^a   Tabuchi, N ^a   Toyama, M ^b   Kuriu, K ^a   Mizuno, T ^a   Sunamori, M ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kameda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allen test; Doppler; Hand ischemia; Radial artery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCREENING TEST; ULNAR ARTERY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036905568     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35732     Document Type: Article

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