Comparison of 4 and 6 French catheters for coronary angiography: Real-world modeling

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-293

  Durst, Ronen ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^a   Nassar, Hisham ^a   Gotsman, Mervin ^a   Mor, Eli ^a   Varshitzki, Boris ^a   Greganski, Penko ^a   Jabara, Refat ^a   Admon, Dan ^a   Meerkin, David ^b   Mosseri, Morris ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiography complications; Cardiovascular diagnostic techniques; Coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SIMULATION;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247866438     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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