Is trans-radial approach related to an increased risk of radiation exposure in patients who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention? (The SAKARYA study)

Is trans-radial approach related to an increased risk of radiation exposure in patients who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention? (The SAKARYA study)

Objective: It is still debatable whether diagnostic coronary angiography (CA) or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) increase radiation exposure when performed via radial approach as compared to femoral approach. This question was investigated in this study by comparison of dose-area product...

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Main Authors: Çağın Mustafa Üreyen, Kahraman Coşansu, Mustafa Gökhan Vural, Sait Emir Şahin, Ibrahim Kocayigit, Mustafa Türker Pabuccu, Muhammed Necati Murat Aksoy, Mustafa Tarık Ağaç, Ersan Tatlı, Hüseyin Gündüz, Ramazan Akdemir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KARE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
Subjects:
coronary angiography
femoral artery
percutaneous coronary intervention
radial artery
radiation exposure
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