Clinical and Potential Use of Pharmacological Agents to Reduce Radial Artery Spasm in Coronary Artery Surgery Saina Attaran, MD, Lindsay John, MD, Ahmed El-Gamel, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 1483-1489 (April 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.042 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Structure of the radial artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 1483-1489DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.042) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Different vasoconstricting and vasodilating agents. (AT = angiotensin; Ca = calcium; ET = endothelin; H = histamine; Pg2a = Prostaglandin 2a; PGI2 = prostaglandin I2; TXA = thromboxane; V = vasopressin.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 1483-1489DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.042) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions