Impact of operator experience and wiring technique on procedural efficacy of trans-radial percutaneous chronic total occlusion recanalization performed by dedicated radialists

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-567

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a   Trani, Carlo ^a   Tommasino, Antonella ^a   Brancati, Marta Francesca ^a   Saffioti, Silvia ^a   Pirozzolo, Giancarlo ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Leone, Antonio Maria ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronically occluded vessels; Operator experience; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Procedural efficacy; Radial approach; Wiring technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIALIST; STENOSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC CATHETERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY OCCLUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; SPECIALIZATION; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885215898     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.a2013.0063     Document Type: Article

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