Successful crossing of a severe spasm of the brachial artery using a telescopic approach

International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-64

  Goktekin, Omer ^a   Ru, Leisheng ^b   Collinson, Julian ^c   Di Mario, Carlo ^c,d  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAMORPHINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; VASODILATATION;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 20344391696     PISSN: 14628848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14628840510011216     Document Type: Article

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