American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 5 , Pages 814-821 , November 2009

Transradial versus transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: Systematic overview and meta-analysis

  • András Vorobcsuk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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  • Attila Kónyi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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  • Dániel Aradi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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  • Iván G. Horváth, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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  • Imre Ungi, MD

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Yves Louvard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France
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  • András Komócsi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: András Komócsi, MD, PhD, University of Pécs, Heart Institute, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság u. 13., Hungary.

Received 28 June 2009 ,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.022

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 5 , Pages 814-821 , November 2009

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