A randomized trial of 5 versus 7 French guiding catheters for transfemoral percutaneous coronary stent implantation

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Büchler, Jorge R ^a   Ribeiro, Expedito E ^a,c   Falcão, João L ^a   Martinez, Eulógio E ^a   Büchler, Rica D ^a   Feres, Fausto ^a   Maielo, José R ^a   Haddad, Nagib ^a   Ramires, José F ^a   Ellis, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEATH REMOVAL;

EID: 38749091771     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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