Bleeding complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing early invasive management can be reduced with radial access, smaller sheath sizes, and timely sheath removal.

WJ, Cantor; KW, Mahaffey; Z, Huang; P, Das; DC, Gulba; S, Glezer; R, Gallo; J, Ducas; M, Cohen; EM, Antman; A, Langer; NS, Kleiman; HD, White; RJ, Chisholm; RA, Harrington; JJ, Ferguson; RM, Califf; SG, Goodman

doi:10.1002/ccd.20897

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Bleeding complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing early invasive management can be reduced with radial access, smaller sheath sizes, and timely sheath removal.

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Authors:

Cantor WJ

Mahaffey KW

Huang Z

Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>Our objective was to analyze the impact of arterial access site, sheath size, timing of sheath removal, and use of access site closure devices on high-risk patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).<h4>Background</h4>In the SYNERGY trial, 9,978 patients with ACS were randomly a...

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