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SAFARI Surprise: No Survival or Bleeding Advantage With Radial Over Femoral Access in STEMI

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Operators performing PCI via the femoral artery can rest assured that the procedure causes no more harm than primary PCI performed via the radial artery, according to the results of a ...
MedPage Today

Ultrasound Guidance No Advantage for PCI Access

BOSTON -- Routine ultrasound guidance for accessing the femoral vein for percutaneous coronary procedures didn't cut down on bleeding and vascular complications, the UNIVERSAL trial showed. The ...
Healio

Routine ultrasound improved femoral access; did not lower bleeding, vascular complications

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Jolly and colleagues designed the UNIVERSAL randomized trial to evaluate outcomes of ultrasound-guided with ...
EurekAlert!

Radial access used less than femoral approach for emergency angioplasty

WASHINGTON (Dec. 21, 2015) -Although using the radial artery as the access point for angioplasty has been linked to reduced bleeding compared to use of the femoral artery, only a small number of ...
TCTMD

Transradial PCI Bests Femoral Access in Complex Cases: COLOR

Treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs), complex bifurcations, heavily calcified lesions, and left main coronary artery disease with large-bore catheters via the radial artery is associated with ...
Medscape

Femoral PCI Access for Chronic Total Occlusions: Common, More Complications

CARDIFF, WALES — Although the femoral artery remains a common access point for chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI, it's associated with increased risk of access-site complications like bleeding but ...
Medscape

Radial-to-Backup Artery Switch Adds Limited Risk in ACS PCI

There's a price to pay for a failed radial artery attempt in invasively managed patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but it may not be as high as previously thought, a new MATRIX substudy ...