Is the Allen's Test Accurate for Patients Considered for Transradial Coronary Angiography?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1287-

  Gilchrist, Ian C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEN TEST; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMORAL ARTERY; HAND; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSRADIAL CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; VASCULARIZATION;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 33748435531     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.023     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Agostoni P., Biondi-Zoccai G.G., de Benedictis M.L., et al. Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures: systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 349-356