Objective: To obtain a “snapshot” view of access-specific percutaneous cardiovascular
procedures outcomes in the real world. Design: Multicentre, prospective study performed …

Objective To assess short-term and medium-term outcomes following radial and femoral
artery access for primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Design …

Background—The radial artery is increasingly adopted as the primary access site for cardiac
catheterization because of patient preference, lower bleeding rates, cost effectiveness, and …

Access sites for coronary intervention have been changing over the last several decades,
from the femoral artery to the radial artery and then to the distal radial artery. Distal radial …

Background—Radial artery access for coronary angiography and interventions has been
promoted for reducing hemostasis time and vascular complications compared with femoral …

Background—Radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (r-PCI) is associated
with reduced vascular complications; however, previous reports have shown that< 2% of …

Background: Fewer bleeding complications and early ambulation make radial access a
privileged route for cardiac catheterization. However, transradial (TR) approach is not …

Radial access use has been growing steadily but, despite encouraging results, still varies
greatly among operators, hospitals, countries and continents. Twenty years from its …

Background The distal radial artery (DRA) access is an alternative to the conventional radial
artery (CRA) access for coronary angiography and interventions and appears to be …

Aims To assess: the reasons behind an operator choosing to perform radial artery
catheterisation (RAC) as against femoral arterial catheterisation, and to explore why RAC …