Mortality reduction with transradial approach in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: is the randomized evidence conclusive?

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 30;168(2):1578-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.051. Epub 2013 Feb 13.

Authors

Giuseppe Di Gioia¹, Raffaele Piccolo, Tullio Niglio, Carolina D'Anna, Roberta De Rosa, Teresa Strisciuglio, Gennaro Galasso, Federico Piscione, Bruno Trimarco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular Sciences and Immunology, Federico II, University, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 23415172
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.051

No abstract available

Keywords: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; Transfemoral; Transradial; Trial sequential analysis.

Publication types

Letter
Meta-Analysis

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Femoral Artery / surgery
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods*
Radial Artery / surgery*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods