Coronary angiography in the presence of peripheral vascular disease: Femoral or brachial/radial approach?

Angioplasty of a coronary artery via the

Angioplasty of a coronary artery via the translumbar approach in a patient with severe peripheral vascular disease

✍ Chandler, Archie H. ;Johnson, Mark V. ;Routh, William D. ;Braden, Gregory A. ;Ka 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 273 KB 👁 2 views

We report on a woman with severe peripheral vascular disease with unstable angina, in which access to the central circulation was not possible from a peripheral route. The translumbar approach was used for coronary angiography and a successful angioplasty of the left circumflex artery. c 19% Wlley-L