American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 2 , Pages 216-220 , 15 January 2009

Relation of Preoperative Radial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilatation to Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Radial Artery Grafts Used in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  • Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD

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    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Shafi Mussa, MA, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Cheerag Shirodaria, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Justin Lee, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Jonathan Diesch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • David P. Taggart, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Keith M. Channon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  • Paul Leeson, PhD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Received 16 June 2008 ,Revised 31 August 2008 ,Accepted 31 August 2008.

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 This work was done in the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics-University of Oxford, United Kingdom. This work was supported by grants from the British Heart Foundation to Dr. Leeson, Professor Keith Channon, Professor David Taggart and the Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, within the Sixth European Community Framework Programme to Dr. Antoniades.

PII: S0002-9149(08)01516-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.056

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 2 , Pages 216-220 , 15 January 2009

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