... . Seventeen subjects undergoing transradial catheterization were recruited and assessed prior to, the day after, and 3–4 months postcatheterization. The catheter sheath's external diameter was 2.7 mm, and the average preprocedure internal radial artery diameter was 2.8 mm, indicating a high likelihood...

... plasma concentrations of these peptides and their response to acute neutral endopeptidase inhibition in a consecutive series of patients with a broad spectrum of severity of cardiac dysfunction who were undergoing diagnostic right and left heart catheterization (24 patients, mean age 62.6 years). 2...

... was evaluated by complementary measurements with additional strain gauges attached around the proximal and distal crural and the distal thigh segments ( n = 6). Furthermore, we investigated the influence of the catheterization procedure and a simulated vascular puncture, as well as repeated venous occlusions...