Ulnar artery as access site for cardiac catheterization: Anatomical considerations

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-60

  Vassilev, Dobrin ^a,b   Smilkova, Diana ^a   Gil, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; ULNAR ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 38749116281     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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