Chronic compensatory increase in ulnar flow and accelerated atherosclerosis after radial artery removal for coronary artery bypass

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-12

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,c   Serricchio, Michele ^b   Tondi, Paolo ^b   Gerardino, Laura ^b   Di Giorgio, Angela ^b   Pola, Paolo ^b   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UO di Radioterapia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; ULNAR ARTERY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULNAR ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 21744436449     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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