Can ulnar artery velocity changes be used as a preoperative screening tool for radial artery grafting in coronary artery bypass?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Sullivan, V V ^a   Higgenbotham, C ^a   Shanley, C J ^b   Fowler, J ^a   Lampman, R M ^a   Whitehouse Jr , W M ^a   Wolk, S W ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 0038516363     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0248-8     Document Type: Article

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