Saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention via radial artery access: Safe and effective with reduced hospital length of stay

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-472

  Bundhoo, Shantu S ^a   Earp, Eleanor ^b   Ivanauskiene, Taida ^c   Kunadian, Vijay ^c,d   Freeman, Phillip ^a   Edwards, Richard ^c   Kinnaird, Tim D ^a   Zaman, Azfar ^c,d   Anderson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; VASCULAR ACCESS;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867554141     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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