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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008;33:754. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.01.018
Copyright © 2008, European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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Letters to the Editor

The Allen test is not adequate enough for the screening of hand circulation

Marco Agrifoglio, Fabio Barili*, Luca Dainese, Paolo Biglioli

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Via Parea 4, 20138 Milan, Italy

Received 20 December 2007; accepted 17 January 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 58002355; fax: +39 02 58011194. (Email: fabarili@libero.it; fabio.barili@unimi.it).

Key Words: Radial artery • Coronary artery bypass grafting • Ultrasonography • Allen test

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We read with great interest the article by Kohonen et al. [1] dealing with the diagnostic role of the Allen test in the evaluation of hand circulation. We congratulate the authors for their study. Nonetheless, it raises some concerns and the conclusions should be debated.

The study design shows some lacks and needs to be implemented. The clinical Allen test is subjective, as underlined even by the authors in the introduction. Hence, it should be performed by diverse physicians on the same patient in order to . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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