A variation of the radial artery and its clinical implications for coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-124

  Schachner, T ^a   Hofer D ^a   Laufer, G ^a   Bonatti, Johannes ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Chirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Paresthesia; Radial artery; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISSECTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 3543148254     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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