Comparison of transradial and femoral approaches for percutaneous coronary interventions: A systematic review and hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 632-648

  Bertrand, Olivier F ^a,b   Bélisle, Patrick ^b   Joyal, Dominique ^b   Costerousse, Olivier ^a   Rao, Sunil V ^c   Jolly, Sanjit S ^d   Meerkin, David ^e   Joseph, Lawrence ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860124365     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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