Neurological status and tissue perfusion changes after radial artery harvesting for myocardial revascularization: Importance of the allen test

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Ikizler, Murat ^a   Entok, E ^a   Ozdemir, C ^a   Dernek, S ^a   Sevin, B ^a   Kural, T ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Coronary bypass surgery; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ALLEN TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DONOR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE PERFUSION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547779996     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924573     Document Type: Article

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