William Fearon, MD

Publication Details

• Most accurate definition of a high femoral artery puncture: aiming to better predict retroperitoneal hematoma in percutaneous coronary intervention.

  Tremmel JA, Tibayan YD, O'Loughlin AJ, Chan T, Fearon WF, Yeung AC, Lee DP. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 80 (1): 37-42

  Retroperitoneal hematoma (RPH) increases morbidity and mortality in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). High femoral arteriotomy is an independent predictor of RPH, but the optimal angiographic criterion for defining a high puncture is unknown.

  PubMedID: 22511409