Comparison of the transradial and transfemoral approaches for coronary angiographic evaluation in patients with internal mammary artery grafts

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-266

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a,b   Trani, Carlo ^a   Todaro, Daniel ^a   Romagnoli, Enrico ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Ginnico, Floriana ^a   Talarico, Giovanni Paolo ^a   Tommasino, Antonella ^a   Mazzari, Mario Attilio ^a   Mongiardo, Rocco ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Internal mammary artery; Radial approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40049107735     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32801da15a     Document Type: Article

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