A randomized controlled trial assessing the use of compression versus vasoconstriction in the treatment of femoral hematoma occurring after percutaneous coronary intervention

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-210

  King, Nicola A ^b   Philpott, Samantha J ^b   Leary, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 43049174631     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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