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Arm Access for Angioplasty

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The large, multi-centre randomized trial – the first of its kind to compare radial access and femoral access – found that both entry points for angioplasty resulted in similar outcomes, including rates of death, heart attack, stroke or non-bypass-related major bleeding. As well, radial access – or entry through the forearm – led to better outcomes in hospitals that conducted a large number of these procedures and in patients suffering

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