Hemodynamic and functional consequences of radial artery removal for coronary artery bypass grafting

M Serricchio; M Gaudino; P Tondi; A Gasbarrini; L Gerardino; A Santoliquido; P Pola; G Possati

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00573-1

Hemodynamic and functional consequences of radial artery removal for coronary artery bypass grafting

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Dec 1;84(11):1353-6, A8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00573-1.

Authors

M Serricchio¹, M Gaudino, P Tondi, A Gasbarrini, L Gerardino, A Santoliquido, P Pola, G Possati

Affiliation

¹ Department of Angiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 10614806
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00573-1

Abstract

Five years after surgery the echo-Doppler characteristics of the forearm circulation and the transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide pressures of the operated and control arm were determined at rest and under conditions of hand exercise in 34 patients who received a radial artery graft for myocardial revascularization. Doppler measurements showed the ulnar compensation to radial artery removal, and transcutaneous measurements demonstrated a moderate degree of exercise-induced hand ischemia on the operated site.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous
Collateral Circulation
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / surgery*
Forearm / blood supply*
Forearm / diagnostic imaging
Forearm / physiopathology
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Ischemia / physiopathology
Ischemia / prevention & control
Prospective Studies
Radial Artery / diagnostic imaging
Radial Artery / physiopathology
Radial Artery / transplantation*
Radionuclide Ventriculography
Tissue and Organ Harvesting*
Ulnar Artery / diagnostic imaging
Ulnar Artery / physiopathology
Ultrasonography, Doppler