title: Revascularization using satellite vein after radial artery harvested for coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: The radial artery has been increasingly used for coronary artery bypass grafting and has excellent long-term patency rates. Hand claudication is one of the adverse effects after radial artery harvest. We reconstructed a radial artery using the satellite vein to prevent hand claudication. Pulsating blood flow at 35 cm/sec was evaluated using color Doppler echocardiography three months after surgery. This method makes it possible to use a radial artery in patients with a positive Allen test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shin-Katsushika Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeyoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gon
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanae
authors.forename: Tamami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Inada
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*