Should patients receiving a radial artery conduit have post-operative calcium channel blockers?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Patel, Anish ^a   Asopa, Sanjay ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium channel antagonists; Coronary arterial bypass graft; Radial artery; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PAPAVERINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEROTONIN;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744494045     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.129262     Document Type: Article

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