Overcoming vascular anatomic challenges to cardiac catheterization by the radial artery approach: Specific techniques to improve success

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-211

  Esente, Paolo ^a   Giambartolomei, Alessandro ^a   Simons, Alan J ^a   Levy, Carlton ^a   Caputo, Ronald P ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Cardiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Radial artery; Vascular challenges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASOSPASM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0036267272     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10233     Document Type: Article

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