Safety and feasibility of transulnar cardiac catheterization

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-272

  Knebel, Alexis Vasiluk ^a   Cardoso, Cristiano Oliveira ^a   Rodrigues, La Hore Correa ^a   Sarmento Leite, Rogério Eduardo Gomes ^a   De Quadros, Alexandre Schaan ^a   Gottschall, Carlos Antonio Mascia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary methods; Catheterization, peripheral methods; Coronary angiography; Feasibility studies; Forearm blood supply; Radial artery; Ulnar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SAFETY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ULNAR ARTERY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 56049101208     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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