Radial versus femoral access for coronary interventions: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
Mauro ChiaritoDavide CaoJohny NicolasAnastasios RoumeliotisDavid PowerRishi ChandiramaniSamantha SartoriAnton CamajRidhima GoelBimmer E ClaessenGiulio G StefaniniRoxana MehranGeorge D DangasPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)
In patients undergoing coronary angiography and PCI, radial access is associated with a significant risk reduction in bleeding, vascular complications, and mortality compared to femoral access. The risk of stroke or MI were comparable in patients with radial or femoral access.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery disease
- ultrasound guided
- risk factors
- coronary artery
- physical activity
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- brain injury
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- coronary artery bypass
- breast cancer risk