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Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial.

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Valgimigli, M; Gagnor, A; Calabró, P; Frigoli, E; Leonardi, S; Zaro, T; Rubartelli, P; Briguori, C; Andò, G; Repetto, A; Limbruno, U; Lupi, A ...
Published in: Lancet
June 20, 2015

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether radial compared with femoral access improves outcomes in unselected patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management. METHODS: We did a randomised, multicentre, superiority trial comparing transradial against transfemoral access in patients with acute coronary syndrome with or without ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who were about to undergo coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Patients were randomly allocated (1:1) to radial or femoral access with a web-based system. The randomisation sequence was computer generated, blocked, and stratified by use of ticagrelor or prasugrel, type of acute coronary syndrome (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, troponin positive or negative, non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome), and anticipated use of immediate percutaneous coronary intervention. Outcome assessors were masked to treatment allocation. The 30-day coprimary outcomes were major adverse cardiovascular events, defined as death, myocardial infarction, or stroke, and net adverse clinical events, defined as major adverse cardiovascular events or Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) major bleeding unrelated to coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The analysis was by intention to treat. The two-sided α was prespecified at 0·025. The trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01433627. FINDINGS: We randomly assigned 8404 patients with acute coronary syndrome, with or without ST-segment elevation, to radial (4197) or femoral (4207) access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. 369 (8·8%) patients with radial access had major adverse cardiovascular events, compared with 429 (10·3%) patients with femoral access (rate ratio [RR] 0·85, 95% CI 0·74-0·99; p=0·0307), non-significant at α of 0·025. 410 (9·8%) patients with radial access had net adverse clinical events compared with 486 (11·7%) patients with femoral access (0·83, 95% CI 0·73-0·96; p=0·0092). The difference was driven by BARC major bleeding unrelated to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (1·6% vs 2·3%, RR 0·67, 95% CI 0·49-0·92; p=0·013) and all-cause mortality (1·6% vs 2·2%, RR 0·72, 95% CI 0·53-0·99; p=0·045). INTERPRETATION: In patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management, radial as compared with femoral access reduces net adverse clinical events, through a reduction in major bleeding and all-cause mortality. FUNDING: The Medicines Company and Terumo.

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Lancet

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1474-547X

Publication Date

June 20, 2015

Volume

385

Issue

9986

Start / End Page

2465 / 2476

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Survival Rate
  • Radial Artery
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Femoral Artery
  • Female
  • Coronary Angiography
 

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Valgimigli, M., Gagnor, A., Calabró, P., Frigoli, E., Leonardi, S., Zaro, T., … MATRIX Investigators, . (2015). Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial. Lancet, 385(9986), 2465–2476. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60292-6
Valgimigli, Marco, Andrea Gagnor, Paolo Calabró, Enrico Frigoli, Sergio Leonardi, Tiziana Zaro, Paolo Rubartelli, et al. “Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial.Lancet 385, no. 9986 (June 20, 2015): 2465–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60292-6.
Valgimigli M, Gagnor A, Calabró P, Frigoli E, Leonardi S, Zaro T, et al. Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial. Lancet. 2015 Jun 20;385(9986):2465–76.
Valgimigli, Marco, et al. “Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial.Lancet, vol. 385, no. 9986, June 2015, pp. 2465–76. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60292-6.
Valgimigli M, Gagnor A, Calabró P, Frigoli E, Leonardi S, Zaro T, Rubartelli P, Briguori C, Andò G, Repetto A, Limbruno U, Cortese B, Sganzerla P, Lupi A, Galli M, Colangelo S, Ierna S, Ausiello A, Presbitero P, Sardella G, Varbella F, Esposito G, Santarelli A, Tresoldi S, Nazzaro M, Zingarelli A, de Cesare N, Rigattieri S, Tosi P, Palmieri C, Brugaletta S, Rao SV, Heg D, Rothenbühler M, Vranckx P, Jüni P, MATRIX Investigators. Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial. Lancet. 2015 Jun 20;385(9986):2465–2476.
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Published In

Lancet

DOI

EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

June 20, 2015

Volume

385

Issue

9986

Start / End Page

2465 / 2476

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Survival Rate
  • Radial Artery
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Femoral Artery
  • Female
  • Coronary Angiography