Acute forearm muscle swelling post transradial catheterization and compartment syndrome: Prevention is better than treatment!

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-368

  Bertrand, Olivier F ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ASCENDING AORTA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EDEMA; FASCIOTOMY; FOREARM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY; VASOSPASM;

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

EID: 77149167288     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22448     Document Type: Note

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