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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:755-756
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Allen Test: Reply

Yasir Abu-Omar, MRCS, Shafi Mussa, MRCS, David P. Taggart, FRCS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK

yabuomar@doctors.org.uk
david.taggart@orh.nhs.uk

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To the Editor:

We thank Dr Csiki and colleagues for their comments. Their protocol of using technetium 99m–labeled human serum albumin and duplex ultrasonography to assess hand perfusion in patients with abnormal Allen test is of high interest and is most welcome. The potential value of their technique is a reduction in the number of subjective complaints reported by patients after radial artery harvesting. Although a high proportion of their . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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