The radial artery: Current concepts on its use in coronary artery revascularization

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1900-1909

  Rehman, Syed M ^a   Yi, Gijong ^a,b   Taggart, David P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84887037925     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.083     Document Type: Review

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