Left radial access is preferable to right radial access for the diagnostic or interventional coronary procedures: a meta-analysis involving 22 randomized clinical trials and 10287 patients.

OBJECTIVE: The transradial approach has been used extensively for both diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures; however, there is no universal consensus hitherto on the optimal choice of radial access from either the left or the right artery. We therefore sought to meta-analyze available r...

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Main Authors: Xiaogang Guo, Jie Ding, Yue Qi, Nan Jia, Shaoli Chu, Jinxiu Lin, Jinzi Su, Feng Peng, Wenquan Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3818350?pdf=render