Is the Allen test reliable enough?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 902-905

  Kohonen, Mika ^a   Teerenhovi, Ossi ^a   Terho, Tiina ^a   Laurikka, Jari ^a   Tarkka, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allen test; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Radial artery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLEN TEST; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLOR; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 35748931431     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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