The feasibility of percutaneous transradial coronary intervention for saphenous vein graft lesions and comparison with transfemoral route

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 336-340

  Rathore, Sudhir ^a   Roberts, Elved ^a   Hakeem, Abdul R ^a   Pauriah, Maheshwar ^a   Beaumont, Andrew ^a   Morris, John L ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 68849104698     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2009.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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