Heparin and air filters reduce embolic events caused by intra-arterial cerebral angiography: A prospective, randomized trial

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2210-2215

  Bendszus, Martin ^a   Koltzenburg, Martin ^a   Bartsch, Andreas J ^a   Goldbrunner, Roland ^a   Günthner Lengsfeld, Thomas ^a   Weilbach, Franz X ^a   Roosen, Klaus ^a   Toyka, Klaus V ^a   Solymosi, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Complications; Embolism; Ischemia; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FILTER; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SILENT BRAIN ISCHEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 5644291816     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000144301.82391.85     Document Type: Article

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