The radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: Review of current knowledge

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-162

  Risteski, Petar S ^a   Akbulut, Birkan ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a   Aybek, Tayfun ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conduit; Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOSPASM; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION; WOUND CLOSURE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33745559735     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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