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  • Safety and efficacy of radial versus femoral access for rotational Atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Posted: 03/22/2019
    • Author:

      Abdul Ahad Khan, Hemang B. Panchal, Syed Imran M. Zaidi, Muralidhar R. Papireddy, Debabrata Mukherjee, Mauricio G. Cohen, Subhash Banerjee, Sunil V. Rao, Samir Pancholy and Timir K. Paul

    • CRM2019

    Abstract

    Introduction

    Over the recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of transradial (TR) access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), including rotational atherectomy (RA). However, a large proportion of operators seem to be reluctant to use TR access for complex PCI including rotational atherectomy for heavily calcified coronary lesions.

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