Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: Position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care** and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology

EuroIntervention

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1242-1251

  Hamon, Martial ^a   Pristipino, Christian ^b   Di Mario, Carlo ^c   Nolan, James ^d   Ludwig, Josef ^e   Tubaro, Marco ^b   Sabate, Manel ^f   Mauri Ferré, Josepa ^g   Huber, Kurt ^h   Niemelä, Kari ⁱ   Haude, Michael ^j   Wijns, William ^k   Dudek, Dariusz ^l   Fajadet, Jean ^m   Kiemeneij, Ferdinand ⁿ   Barbeau, Gerald ^o   Saïto, Shigeru ^p   Jolly, Sanjit ^q   Louvard, Yves ^r   Patel, Tejas ^s   Rao, Sunil V ^t   Reifart, Nicolaus ^u   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^v   Valsecchi, Orazio ^w   Yang, Yuenjin ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^h WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

ⁱ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^j Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

^k OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^m CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

ⁿ ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^o LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r INSTITUT CARDIOVASCULAIRE PARIS SUD   (France)

^s Apex Heart Institute   (India)

^t DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^u Main Taunus Kliniken   (Germany)

^v INSERM   (France)

^w OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^x FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANNULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CATHETER CARE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEARNING CURVE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PUNCTURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84875740610     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I11A192     Document Type: Article

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