Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures
Systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, MD*,*,
Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai, MD ,
M. Luisa De Benedictis, MD*,
Stefano Rigattieri, MD ,
Marco Turri, MD*,
Maurizio Anselmi, MD*,
Corrado Vassanelli, MD ,
Piero Zardini, MD*,
Yves Louvard, MD and
Martial Hamon, MD||
* Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Institute of Cardiology, Piemonte Orientale University, Novara, Italy
Institut Hospitalier Jacques CartierICPS, Massy, France
|| Service des Maladies du Coeur et Vaisseaux, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Caen, France

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Figure 1 Overall risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; year = year of publication.
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Figure 2 Overall risk of entry site complications. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; year = year of publication.
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Figure 3 Overall risk of procedural failure. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; year = year of publication.
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