Common femoral artery access techniques: A review

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Irani, Farzan ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^b   Colyer Jr , William R ^c  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogram; Catheterization; Common femoral artery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; PALPATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; PULSE RATE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS; CATHETERIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PALPATION;

EID: 67650433641     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832a1e00     Document Type: Review

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