Complete fracture of an Ikari guiding catheter in the axillary artery during transradial coronary intervention

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-42

  Lee, Yian Ping ^a   Tan, Huay Cheem ^a   Lee, Chi Hang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axillary artery; Coronary; Fracture; Ikari guiding catheter; Intervention; Transradial

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053045675     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: 16155939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1278279     Document Type: Article

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