Access-site bleeding and radial artery occlusion in transradial primary percutaneous coronary intervention: influence of adjunctive antiplatelet therapy

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate access-site complications in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with a transradial primary percutaneous coronary intervention relative to three different P2Y12 platelet inhibitors.

Keywords

• abciximab
• access-site complications
• clopidogrel
• compression time
• prasugrel
• ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
• ticagrelor
• transradial primary percutaneous coronary intervention