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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;30:200-201
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Long-term effects of radial artery harvesting on donor forearm — a cautionary tale

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Gleneagles JPMC Sdn Bhd Cardiac Centre, Jerudong Park BG3122, Brunei Darussalam

Received 17 March 2006; accepted 29 March 2006.

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Key Words: Radial artery • Ulnar artery • Allen's test • Atherosclerosis

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I read with interest the article by Gaudino et al. [1] regarding their findings of increased intimal thickening and accelerated atherosclerosis in the ulnar artery secondary to chronic increase in blood flow following radial artery harvesting. However, first I must correct an error made by Guadino et al. in the first line of his introduction for the benefit of all readers and that is removal of the radial artery does not in anyway reduced the forearm blood supply by half. This is a misconception since the amount of blood . . . [Full Text of this Article]