Effects of radial artery harvesting on forearm function and blood flow

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1171-1174

  Chong, William C F ^a   Ong, Paul J L ^a   Hayward, Christopher S ^a   Collins, Peter ^a   Moat, Neil E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REPERFUSION; SENSATION; SKIN NERVE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; SENSATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037384030     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04813-0     Document Type: Article

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