In vivo functional flowmetric behavior of the radial artery graft: Is the composite Y-graft configuration advantageous over conventional aorta-coronary bypass?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Onorati, Francesco ^a   Rubino, Antonino Salvatore ^a   Cristodoro, Lucia ^a   Scalas, Cristian ^a   Nucera, Sergio ^a   Santini, Francesco ^b   Renzulli, Attilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CABG; cardiopulmonary bypass; coronary artery bypass graft; CPB; graft flow reserve; GRF; IABP; internal thoracic artery; intra aortic balloon pump; ITA; LAD; left anterior descending coronary artery; left internal thoracic artery; LITA; off pump coronary artery bypass grafting; OPCABG; PI; pulsatility index; RA; radial artery; transit time flowmetry; TTF

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77955472758     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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