Impact of Arterial Access Site on Outcomes After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prespecified Subgroup Analysis From the EUROMAX Trial [Coronary Interventions]

Conclusions— In this prespecified analysis from EUROMAX, radial access was preferred in lower risk patients and did not improve clinical outcomes. Bivalirudin was associated with less bleeding irrespective of access site. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01087723.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - June 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hamon, M., Coste, P., van't Hof, A., Ten Berg, J., Clemmensen, P., Tabone, X., Benamer, H., Kristensen, S. D., Cavallini, C., Marzocchi, A., Hamm, C., Kanic, V., Bernstein, D., Anthopoulos, P., Deliargyris, E. N., Steg, P. G. Tags: Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Catheter-based coronary and valvular interventions: other, Acute myocardial infarction Coronary Interventions Source Type: research