Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 41-44 , February 2007

Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics on the Human Radial Artery Used as a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

  • Sinan Gursoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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  • Ocal Berkan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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  • Ihsan Bagcıvan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ihsan Bagcıvan, MD, Department of Pharmacology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, 58140 Sivas, Turkey.
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  • Tijen Kaya, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
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  • Kemal Yildirim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey.
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  • Caner Mimaroglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey

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PII: S1053-0770(05)00462-3

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.11.021

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 41-44 , February 2007

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