Is the Allen's test adequate to safely confirm that a radial artery may be harvested for coronary arterial bypass grafting?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-340

  Ronald, Andrew ^a   Patel, Anish ^b   Dunning, Joel ^c  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allen's test; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ALLEN TEST; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 24644463687     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.110247     Document Type: Article

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