Palmar microcirculation after harvesting of the radial artery in coronary revascularization

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1026-1030

  Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^b   Pichlmaier, Max ^b   Tomaszek, Sandra ^b   Krug, Alfons ^b   Haverich, Axel ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 14244265319     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.026     Document Type: Article

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