Radial approach for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Ready for prime time?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2500-2503

  Bertrand, Olivier F ^a   Patel, Tejas ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Apex Heart Institute   (India)

Author keywords

acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; coronary angioplasty; transradial access

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY BYPASS; BLEEDING; HUMAN; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 84871281843     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.019     Document Type: Editorial

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