Adoption of Radial Access and Comparison of Outcomes to Femoral Access in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

N. Feldman, Dmitriy; V. Swaminathan, Rajesh; A. Kaltenbach, Lisa; Baklanov, Dmitri; K. Kim, Luke; Chiu Wong, S.; M. Minutello, Robert; C. Messenger, John; Moussa, Issam; N. Garratt, Kirk; N. Piana, Robert; B. Hillegass, William; G. Cohen, Mauricio; C. Gilchrist, Ian; V. Rao, Sunil

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.112.000536

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Adoption of Radial Access and Comparison of Outcomes to Femoral Access in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Published in Circulation • Jun 10, 2013

Authors:

Dmitriy N. Feldman

Rajesh V. Swaminathan

Lisa A. Kaltenbach

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (r-PCI) is associated with reduced vascular complications; however, previous reports have shown that <2% of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures in the United States are performed via the radial approach. Our aims were t...

Subject

Conventional PCI

Medicine

Percutaneous coronary intervention

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