Evaluation of Allen's test in both arms and arteries of left and right-handed people

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-6

  Oettle A C ^a   van Niekerk, A ^a   Boon, J M ^a   Meiring, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collateral circulation; Oximetry; Patient selection; Radial artery; Ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMETRY; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 33644587400     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0039-y     Document Type: Article

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