Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jan 2000
Coronary angiography in the presence of peripheral vascular disease: femoral or brachial/radial approach?
Peripheral vascular disease is considered a relative contraindication to the femoral approach for coronary angiography, but no data exist comparing the femoral and brachial/radial routes under these circumstances. We examined the influence of vascular approach on outcome. Two hundred and ninety-seven patients, mean age 67.1 +/- 8.4 years, with clinical or radiographic evidence of aortofemoral peripheral arterial disease underwent diagnostic coronary angiography during a 3-year period at this cardiothoracic center. ⋯ Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:32-37, 2000.