Operator experience and radiation exposure during transradial and transfemoral procedures

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 936-937

  Ratib, Karim ^a   Mamas, Mamas A ^a   Fraser, Douglas G ^a   Routledge, Helen ^a   Stables, Rodney ^a   Nolan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860415618     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.05.012     Document Type: Letter

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