2021
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 access
2019
The Gordian Knot—If You Cannot Solve it, Cut it Treating Guidewire Bending While Obtaining Arterial Access
Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Xenogiannis I, Tajti P, Hall A, Brilakis ES. The Gordian Knot—If You Cannot Solve it, Cut it Treating Guidewire Bending While Obtaining Arterial Access. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 12: 892-893. PMID: 30981571, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.12.040.Peer-Reviewed Original Research