Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 61-63 , April 2006

Early mobilization after diagnostic cardiac catheterization with the use of a hemostatic bandage containing thrombin

  • Dan Elian

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology Unit, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Victor Guetta

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology Unit, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Rony Alcalai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Chaim Lotan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Amit Segev

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology Unit, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Interventional Cardiology Unit, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52561, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 5302683; fax: +972 3 5303190.

Received 10 October 2005 ,Revised 1 December 2005 ,Accepted 1 December 2005.

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PII: S1553-8389(05)00192-2

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2005.12.006

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 61-63 , April 2006

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