Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)
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Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) · Nov 2013
Comparative StudyRadial vs femoral access after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Thirty-day and one-year mortality results.
Little attention has been given to the effect of vascular access site on mortality, while an increasing body of evidence is showing that radial access has much more benefit than femoral access for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. We aimed to assess the influence of vascular access site on mortality at 30 days and at 1 year in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. ⋯ Vascular access site should be taken into account when predicting mortality after a primary percutaneous coronary intervention.