Radial Artery Diameter and Vasodilatory Properties After Transradial Coronary Angiography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1698-1702

  Madssen, Erik ^a   Haere, Petter ^a   Wiseth, Rune ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSRADIAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; RADIAL ARTERY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750182834     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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