Utility of a smartphone application in assessing palmar circulation prior to radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: rationale and design of the randomised CAPITAL iRADIAL-CABG trial

Introduction There is emerging evidence supporting the use of the radial artery (RA) as a preferred secondary conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as it is associated with higher rates of graft patency at 5 years when compared with saphenous vein grafts (SVG). The modified Allen’s test...

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Hauptverfasser: Marc Ruel, George A Wells, Vincent Chan, Zeeshan Ahmed, Simon Parlow, Hadi Toeg, Cheng Yee Goh, Pietro Di Santo, Trevor Simard, Richard Jung, Louis Verreault-Julien, Peter Kuhar, Talal Al-Atassi, Jordan Bernick, Benjamin Hibbert
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-04-01
Schriftenreihe:BMJ Open
Online Zugang:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e055580.full