Atherosclerotic involvement of the radial artery in patients with coronary artery disease and its relation with midterm radial artery graft patency and endothelial function

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1968-1971

  Gaudino, Mario ^a,c   Tondi, Paolo ^b   Serricchio, Michele ^b   Spatuzza, Paola ^a   Santoliquido, Angelo ^b   Flora, Roberto ^b   Girola, Fabiana ^a   Nasso, Giuseppe ^a   Pola, Paolo ^b   Possati, Gianfederico ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL FUNCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; THICKNESS;

EID: 9144231965     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)01226-1     Document Type: Article

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