PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexander, Lori
ED  - Bernat, Ivo
TI  - Trial Results Confirm the Benefit of Radial Access for PCI in Patients with STEMI
DP  - 2012  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 19--19
VI  - 12
IP  - 17
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/17/19.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/17/19.full
AB  - The Trial Comparing Radial and Femoral Approach in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) [STEMI-RADIAL; NCT01136187] is the most recent randomized trial to show the benefit of radial access for PCI compared with femoral access for patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Radial access was associated with lower rates of bleeding and access-site complications and an increase in net clinical benefit.