No Late Ulnar Artery Atheroma After Radial Artery Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 891-894

  Royse, Alistair George ^a,b   Chang, Greg S ^a   Nicholas, Danielle M ^a   Royse, Colin F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 39149100957     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.064     Document Type: Article

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