title: Prone position coronary angiography due to intractable back pain: another merit of transradial approach compared to transfemoral approach.
abstract: We report a case of prone position coronary angiography due to intractable back pain via left transradial approach. When a patient cannot lie down in a supine position, prone position coronary angiography can be performed alternatively. This may be another merit of transradial approach compared to transfemoral approach on the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 225 Geumhak-no, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 449-930, Republic of Korea. mdsungwoo@yuhs.ac
authors.forename: Sung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jung-Joon
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Ji-Hyuck
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rhee
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015299:Discitis / Q000150:complications; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000150:complications; D016684:Prone Position; D017534:Radial Artery; D016896:Treatment Outcome