Transradial right and left heart catheterizations: A comparison to traditional femoral approach

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-588

  Gilchrist, Ian C ^a,c   Moyer, Carey D ^b   Gascho, Joseph A ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PSHVI C1517 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Heart catheterization; Radial artery; Technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SHOULDER INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSFEMORAL HEART CATHETERIZATION; TRANSRADIAL LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATION; TRANSRADIAL RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FOREARM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33646065334     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20678     Document Type: Article

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