Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , January 2012

Efficacy of a single dose intravenous heparin in reducing sheath-thrombus formation during diagnostic angiography: A randomized controlled trial

  • Hussein S. Alamri

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
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  • Abdulrahman M. Almoghairi

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Adult Cardiology Department, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (PSCC), The Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mobile: +966 506276861; fax: +966 1 477 8771.
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  • Abdullah A. Alghamdi

      Affiliations

    • King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, University of KSBA for Health Sciences, Riyadh
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  • Ali S. Almasood

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
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  • Mohamed A. Alotaiby

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
    • ,
  • Hameedullah M. Kazim

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
    • ,
  • Meshal Almutairi

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh
    • ,
  • Aziz Alanazi

      Affiliations

    • Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, The Military Hospital, Riyadh

Received 25 May 2011 ,Revised 26 June 2011 ,Accepted 13 July 2011.

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PII: S1016-7315(11)00206-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2011.07.003

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 3-7 , January 2012

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