Access site selection for primary PCI: The evidence for transradial access is strong

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1392-

  Ratib, Karim ^a   Mamas, Mamas A ^b   Routledge, Helen ^c   Fraser, Douglas ^b   Nolan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Worcestershire Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HIRULOG;

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865170730     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301935     Document Type: Letter

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