Troubleshooting in transradial intervention.
The transradial approach to coronary intervention has been shown to have a lower rate of complication than transfemoral access. Nevertheless complications can still occur and in this article we focus on how to avoid and manage these problems.
Victoria Heart Institute Foundation and Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. markspence1@yahoo.co.uk
Mark S
MS
Spence
Jonathan
J
Byrne
David
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Hilton
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