Incidence and predictors of radial artery occlusion after transradial coronary catheterization

Abstract Background Radial artery occlusion (RAO) is considered the most common and devastating complication of transradial approach (TRA). It has been described as the “Achilles’ heel” of the transradial technique. Our aim was to assess the incidence and predictors of radial artery occlusion after...

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Main Authors: Mohamed A. Sadaka, Waleed Etman, Walid Ahmed, Saeed Kandil, Salah Eltahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43044-019-0008-0