Intima-media thickening of the radial artery after transradial intervention: An intravascular ultrasound study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1109-1114

  Wakeyama, Takatoshi ^a   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Iida, Hiroshi ^a   Takaki, Akira ^a   Iwami, Takahiro ^a   Mochizuki, Mamoru ^a   Tanaka, Takeo ^a  

^a Tokuyama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037414076     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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