Efficacy of a single dose intravenous heparin in reducing sheath-thrombus formation during diagnostic angiography : A randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Femoral arterial sheath thrombosis and distal embolization are well-recognized complications of cardiac catheterization but the occlusion is extremely rare. Heparinized saline flushes are used during diagnostic coronary angiography to prevent thrombus formation within the sheath lumen. H...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association. - 1999. - 24(2012), 1 vom: 20. Jan., Seite 3-7
1. Verfasser: Alamri, Hussein S (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Almoghairi, Abdulrahman M, Alghamdi, Abdullah A, Almasood, Ali S, Alotaiby, Mohamed A, Kazim, Hameedullah M, Almutairi, Meshal, Alanazi, Aziz
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Schlagworte:Journal Article Cardiac catheterization Femoral arterial access Heparin Thrombus formation