Common femoral artery anatomy is influenced by demographics and comorbidity: Implications for cardiac and peripheral invasive studies

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-295

  Schnyder, Guido ^a   Sawhney, Neil ^a   Whisenant, Brian ^a   Tsimikas, Sotirios ^a   Turi, Zoltan G ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial occlusive diseases; Cardiac catheterization; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034931890     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1169     Document Type: Article

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