Acute compartment syndrome of the forearm that occurred after transradial intervention and was not caused by bleeding or hematoma formation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-365

  Araki, Tadashi ^a   Itaya, Hideki ^a   Yamamoto, Masato ^a  

^a Senpo Tokyo Takanawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute compartment syndrome; Angina pectoris; Transradial intervention

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; FOREARM; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RESTENOSIS;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDEMA; FASCIA; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SPASM;

EID: 77149145851     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22282     Document Type: Article

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