Non-harvestable radial artery. A bilateral problem?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 797-800

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

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Radial artery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 53349090972     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.172569     Document Type: Article

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