title: Radial access for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: time for a paradigm shift?
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Electronic address: bapplega@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Applegate
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*
keywords: acute coronary syndrome(s); femoral access; percutaneous coronary intervention; procedural volume; radial access