The contracting and relaxing responses of human internal mammary artery grafts harvested by two different methods

Koramaz I., Ozkan M., Kesim M., Guven K., Kadioglu M., Ulku C., ...More

PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol.51, no.6, pp.567-573, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.phrs.2005.02.006
  • Journal Name: PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.567-573
  • Keywords: internal mammary artery, carbon dioxide insufflation, endothelium, nitric oxide, CARBON-DIOXIDE INSUFFLATION, THORACIC ARTERY, NITRIC-OXIDE, ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS, SAPHENOUS-VEIN, BYPASS-SURGERY, BLOOD-FLOW, PAPAVERINE, SPASM, RELAXATION
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Perioperative spasm of internal mammary artery is a common experience in coronary artery bypass grafting. Many techniques were described of harvesting the internal mammary artery to prevent vasospasm. We investigated the comparison of the contracting and relaxing responses of human internal mammary artery grafts harvested by two different methods.