Anatomical variations of the superficial and deep palmar arches

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-83

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Holdman, Danny ^a   Holdman, Shelly ^a  

^a American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Deep palmar arch; Radial artery; Superficial palmar arch; Ulnar artery; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 20944448797     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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