Feasibility and safety of transulnar access for performing rotational atherectomy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-286

  Deftereos, Spyridon ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^b   Raisakis, Konstantinos ^a   Kossyvakis, Charalambos ^a   Kaoukis, Andreas ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^b   Latsios, George ^b   Pappas, Loukas ^a   Panagopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^b   Pyrgakis, Vlasios ^a   Rentoukas, Ilias ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c A Fleming General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Rotational atherectomy; Transfemoral approach; Transulnar approach

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSULNAR APPROACH;

EID: 79951950409     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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