Comparison of the Radial and Femoral Approaches in Left Main PCI: A Retrospective Study

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Ziakas, Antonios ^a,b   Klinke, P ^a   Mildenberger, R ^a   Fretz, E ^a   Williams, M B ^a   Della Siega, A ^a   Kinloch, R D ^a   Hilton, J D ^a  

^a ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Left main; PCI; Radial

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1542313850     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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