Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are predisposed to bleeding complications due to thrombocytopenia, reduced synthesis of coagulation factors, and increased fibrinolytic activity. The exact incidence of vascular access site and bleeding complications related to cardiac catheterization in
Cardiac catheterization in patients with end-stage liver disease: Safety and outcomes
β Scribed by Jayasree Pillarisetti; Pavan Patel; Sowjanya Duthuluru; Jenny Roberts; Warren Chen; Randall Genton; Mark Wiley; Robert Candipan; Peter Tadros; Kamal Gupta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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