title: Radial access as a default for PCI: too early to call.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. ron.waksman@medstar.net
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waksman
authors.forename: Israel M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Barbash
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002423:Cause of Death; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery; D061847:Hospitals, High-Volume; D006801:Humans; D059032:Learning Curve; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017534:Radial Artery; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D017211:Treatment Failure