Bilateral percutaneous ulnar artery approach for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention

International Heart Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Hussein, Hesham ^a   Gan, Hwa Wooi ^b   Fang, Hsiu Yu ^c   Wu, Chiung Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Retrograde intervention; Ulnar

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRANSULNAR RETROGRADE CORONARY INTERVENTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TOTAL CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SHEATH REMOVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 77951445056     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.51.137     Document Type: Article

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