
A Case Series of Two Traumatic Iatrogenic Radial Arteriovenous Fistulae as Complication of Transradial Coronary Angioplasty
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Mark Gavin M. Garcia, MD; Michael Anthony A. Dela Cruz, MD; Francis L. Catalan, MD; Ariel A. Miranda, MD
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