Is the Allen’s Test Accurate for Patients Considered for Transradial Coronary Angiography?
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Is the Allen's test accurate for patients considered for transradial coronary angiography?
As a strong proponent of transradial cardiac catheterization who long ago stopped using the Allen’s test, I read the study by Greenwood et al. (1) with great interest. As correctly pointed out in the report, no published study of hand ischemia has been reported after transradial procedures nor after surgical harvest related to the state of the Allen’s test. This suggests that the hand circulati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.023