Transradial cardiac procedures: The state of the art

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 883-891

  Freestone, Bethan ^a   Nolan, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIAMORPHINE; HEPARIN; PAPAVERINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANATOMY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SPASM; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BRADYCARDIA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY; FOREARM HEMATOMA; GRANULOMA; HAND DISEASE; HAND ISCHEMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 77953706158     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.134213     Document Type: Review

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