Radial versus femoral access for percutaneous coronary intervention: Implications for vascular complications and bleeding

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-509

  Nathan, Sandeep ^a   Rao, Sunil V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Radial access; Transfemoral; Transradial; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRULOG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DRUG CHOICE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; GROIN HEMATOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84865600924     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0287-5     Document Type: Article

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