A randomised comparison of transradial and transfemoral approach for carotid artery stenting: RADCAR (RADial access for CARotid artery stenting) study

EuroIntervention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-391

  Ruzsa, Zoltán ^a,c   Nemes, Balázs ^a   Pintér, László ^b   Berta, Balázs ^a   Tóth, Károly ^c   Teleki, Barna ^c   Nardai, Sándor ^a   Jambrik, Zoltán ^a   Szabó, György ^a   Kolvenbach, Ralf ^b   Hüttl, Kálmán ^c   Merkely, Béla ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Augusta Hospital   (Germany)

^c BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY STENT; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASCULAR ACCESS; X RAY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUNGARY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905440777     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I3A64     Document Type: Article

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