Mastering the antegrade femoral artery access in patients with symptomatic lower limb ischemia: Learning curve, complications, and technical tips and tricks

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 835-842

  Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^a,d   Agostoni, Pierfrancesco ^b   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^c   Dalla Paola, Luca ^a   Armano, Fabio ^a   Nicolini, Simone ^a   Alek, Josef ^a   Fusaro, Massimiliano ^a  

^a Abano Terme Hospital   (Italy)

^b Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute   (Belgium)

^c EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

^d Servizio di Emodinamica e Interventistica Cardiovascolare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial access; Critical limb ischemia; Learning curve; Peripheral artery disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; THIENO[2,3 B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEGRADE FEMORAL ARTERY ACCESS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPLICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROGRADE CONTRALATERAL FEMORAL ACCESS; SKILL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33845190702     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20930     Document Type: Article

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