Safety and efficacy of transradial access in coronary angiography: 8-year experience

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 346-351

  Carrillo, Xavier ^a,c   Mauri, Josepa ^a   Fernandez Nofrerias, Eduard ^a   Rodriguez Leor, Oriol ^a   Bayes Genis, Antoni ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Research Foundation Germans Trias i Pujol   (Spain)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; learning curve; transradial failure

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PUNCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSRADIAL APPROACH;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; RADIAL ARTERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864352322     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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