How safe is femoral access? Insights from an audit of contemporary practice

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Routledge, Helen C ^a   Ludman, Peter F ^a   Doshi, Sagar N ^a   Townend, John N ^a   Buller, Nigel P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TIROFIBAN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 34447115939     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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