title: [Anatomic variations of the radial artery. Their relationship to radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting. Review].
abstract: Radial artery increasingly is being used for coronary bypass grafting. Anatomic variantions of radial artery are rare but their clinical knowledge is important for surgeon performing radial artery harvest. We review the most often anatomic variations of radial artery on forearm and their influence to clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Kardiochirurgická klinika FN Olomouc. martin.simek@c-mail.cz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nemec
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000637:transplantation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting