Implantation in coronary circulation induces morphofunctional transformation of radial grafts from muscular to elastomuscular

Circulation

Volumn 112, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,d   Prati, Francesco ^c   Caradonna, Eugenio ^c   Trani, Carlo ^b   Burzotta, Francesco ^b   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^b   Glieca, Franco ^a   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Radial artery; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTOMUSCULAR ARTERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MORPHOFUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RADIAL ARTERY; SEROTONIN; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 24644440467     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.104.512889     Document Type: Article

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