Five-year experience with transradial coronary angioplasty in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction

Abstract Background and purpose Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) via radial approach has been shown to be an alternative to femoral approach in emergency cases; however, its feasibility has been questioned. This single-center study was performed to compare the outcomes and complication rates...

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Published in:	Cardiovascular revascularization medicine Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 73 - 79
Main Authors:	Ruzsa, Zoltán, Ungi, Imre, Horváth, Tamás, Sepp, Róbert, Zimmermann, Zsolt, Thury, Attila, Jambrik, Zoltán, Sasi, Viktor, Tóth, Gábor, Forster, Tamás, Nemes, Attila
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-04-2009
Subjects:	Aged Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - adverse effects Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - instrumentation Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods Cardiovascular Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology Complication Coronary Angiography Female Femoral Artery Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging Myocardial Infarction - therapy Percutaneous coronary intervention Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex - antagonists & inhibitors Radial Artery Retrospective Studies Stents - utilization Time Factors Transfemoral Transradial Treatment Outcome Transfemoral Complication Percutaneous coronary intervention Transradial
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