Is postoperative calcium channel blocker therapy needed in patients with radial artery grafts?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 532-535

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,b   Luciani, Nicola ^a   Nasso, Giuseppe ^a   Salica, Andrea ^a   Canosa, Carlo ^a   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; SEROTONIN; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIAL ARTERY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 14644405603     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.054     Document Type: Article

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