Allen's test in patients with peripheral artery disease

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Ruzsa, Zoltán ^a,b   Tóth, Károly ^b   Berta, Balázs ^a   Koncz, István ^b   Szabó, György ^a   Jambrik, Zoltán ^a   Varga, István ^c   Hüttl, Kálmán ^a   Merkely, Béla ^a   Nemes, Attila ^d  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c Pandy Kalman County Hospital   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Allen's test; Ishaemia; Transradial access

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLEN TEST; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY DEVICE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 84897113913     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-013-0178-1     Document Type: Article

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