Transradial Coronary Angiography in Patients with Contraindications to the Femoral Approach: An Analysis of 500 Cases

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-66

  Hildick Smith, David J R ^a,b   Walsh, John T ^a   Lowe, Martin D ^a   Shapiro, Leonard M ^a   Petch, Michael C ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sussex Cardiac Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraindications; Coronary angiography; Transradial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER INJURY; FLUOROSCOPY; HAND GRIP; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBESITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHALANX; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SYNCOPE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347362579     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10708     Document Type: Article

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