Vascular complications after hemostatic puncture closure device (Angio-Seal™) are not higher in overweight patients

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 623-625

  Wong, Philip ^a   Harding, Scott ^a   Walters, Darren ^a   Hull, Michael L ^b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Jude Medical Inc USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Hemostatic puncture closure device; Obese; Overweight; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0035461333     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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