Radial artery coursing behind the biceps brachii tendon: Significance for the transradial catheterization and a clinically oriented classification of the radial artery variations

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1008-1012

  Jelev, L ^a   Surchev, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Arterial catheterization; Entrapment; Radial artery; Variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ULNAR ARTERY;

AGED; CADAVER; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 51649129861     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9286-0     Document Type: Article

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