Performance of coronary procedures through the transulnar access without assessment of the integrity of the deep palmar arch

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-565

  De Andrade, Pedro Beraldo ^a,b   Tebet, Marden ^a   Andrade, Monica ^a   Mattos, Luiz ^a   Labrunie, Andre ^a  

^a Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Marilia   (Brazil)

^b Invasive Cardiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HEART CATHETER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE LESION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 56549104672     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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