If the radial artery is the new standard of care in primary percutaneous coronary intervention, why is most intervention done by the femoral approach?

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 521-522

  Patterson, Tiffany ^a   Foale, Rodney A ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLEEDING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 79952534195     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.207043     Document Type: Review

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