Left radial versus right radial approach for coronary artery catheterization: A prospective comparison

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Dominici, Marcello ^a,b   Diletti, Roberto ^c   Milici, Caterina ^a   Bock, Carlo ^a   Garg, Scot ^d   De Paolis, Marcella ^a   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^b   Boschetti, Enrico ^a,b  

^a Santa Maria University Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL ARTERY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 84859723819     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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