Radial versus femoral access in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery: Frequentist and Bayesian meta‐analysis
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Karacsonyi J, Rao S, Romagnoli E, Tsigkas G, Milkas A, Velagapudi P, Alaswad K, Rangan B, Garcia S, Burke M, Brilakis E. Radial versus femoral access in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery: Frequentist and Bayesian meta‐analysis. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 462-471. PMID: 34779096, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass surgeryPrior coronary artery bypass surgeryArtery bypass surgeryAccess site complicationsContrast volumeBypass surgeryCardiac catheterizationRandomized trialsRadial groupOdds ratioAccess siteObservational studyConfidence intervalsAccess site complication rateMean differenceDifferent vascular accessesOptimal access siteVascular access complicationsLower contrast volumeCoronary catheterizationAccess complicationsComplication rateFemoral accessSite complicationsRadial accessDistal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.
Nikolakopoulos I, Patel T, Jefferson B, Sheikh A, Jaber W, Samady H, Khatri J, Yeh R, Tamez H, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Jaffer F, Doing A, Dattilo P, Uretsky B, Toma C, Elbarouni B, Alaswad K, Choi J, Lembo N, Parikh M, Kirtane A, Ali Z, Omer M, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Karacsonyi J, Rangan B, Abdullah S, Banerjee S, Garcia S, Burke M, Brilakis E, Karmpaliotis D. Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2021, 33: e717-e722. PMID: 34433693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistal radial accessChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionRadial accessCoronary interventionPRA groupProcedural successCTO-PCIAir kerma radiation doseAdverse cardiac eventsPROGRESS-CTO RegistryJ-CTO scoreRisk of complicationsSimilar procedural successPROGRESS CTO scoresDRA accessMulticenter registryCardiac eventsFemoral accessTechnical successConcomitant useProcedural characteristicsDRA groupRadiation doseComplicationsLearning and innovation among interventional cardiologists: Insights from an international survey
Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Xenogiannis I, Karacsonyi J, Rangan BV, Garcia S, Burke MN, Jneid H, Croce KJ, Bergmark BA, Brilakis ES. Learning and innovation among interventional cardiologists: Insights from an international survey. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 11-16. PMID: 33565681, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterventional cardiologistsCoronary interventionRadial accessNoncomplex percutaneous coronary interventionsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementPercutaneous coronary interventionMost respondentsDaily clinical practiceValve replacementCoronary angiographyFemoral accessSTEMI casesUltrasound guidanceClosure deviceCoronary guidewireCommon reasonClinical practiceShort courseCardiologistsInterventionStructural interventionsMonthsAdditional benefitDay practice