Open AccessEfficacy and safety of distal radial approach for cardiac catheterization: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Toshihide Izumida,
Jun Watanabe,
Ryo Yoshida,
Kazuhiko Kotani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v13.i5.144
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac catheterization , meta analysis , cardiology , intensive care medicine
The traditional radial approach (RA) is recommended as the standard method for coronary angiography (CAG), while a distal RA (DRA) has been recently used for CAG.