Percutaneous Ulnar Artery Approach for Coronary Angioplasty

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-123

  Gourassas, John T ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Christodoulos E ^a   Louridas, Georgios E ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary access; Ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLEN TEST; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRANSULNAR CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 1642306160     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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