Intraoperative behavior of arterial grafts in the elderly and the young: A flowmetric systematic analysis

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 316-324

  Onorati, Francesco ^a,b   Santarpino, Giuseppe ^a   Lerose, Maria Antonietta ^a   Impiombato, Barbara ^a   Mastroroberto, Pasquale ^a   Renzulli, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial grafting; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Elderly; Radial artery; Transit time flowmetry

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSATILITY INDEX; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSIT TIME FLOWMETRY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RHEOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149120655     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1055-8     Document Type: Article

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