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. 2022 Jan 28;17(13):1100-1103.
doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00294.

Brachial arterial access for PCI: an analysis of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database

Majd Protty  1 , Sean Gallagher  1 , Andrew S P Sharp  1 , Richard Anderson  1 , Peter Ludman  2 , Nick Curzen  3 , Jim Nolan  4 , Muhammad Rashid  4   5 , Mamas Mamas  4   5 , Tim Kinnaird  1
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Brachial arterial access for PCI: an analysis of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database

Majd Protty et al. EuroIntervention. .
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Central illustration. Access site changes and brachial artery predictors.
Left panel: temporal changes in access site for PCI in the United Kingdom 2006-2017. Right panel: IPTW weight-adjusted procedural and clinical outcomes of brachial access procedures compared to femoral access in default radial operators for PCI in the United Kingdom 2006-2017.
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