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Why do we avoid radial procedures?
Author(s) -
Reilly John P.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27675
Subject(s) - medicine , mace , fluoroscopy , cardiac catheterization , radial artery , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , radiology , surgery , percutaneous coronary intervention , artery , physics , myocardial infarction , optics
Key Points This meta‐analysis of randomized trials demonstrated no statistically significant difference in the incidence of MACE between patients who underwent trans‐ulnar or the trans‐radial cardiac catheterization. No differences in arterial access time, fluoroscopy time, and contrast load between the two groups.