Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Incidence, Determinants, and Outcomes as Recorded by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society [Coronary Interventions]
Conclusions—
Our results suggest that RH is a rare event that is declining in the United Kingdom, related to transition to transradial access site utilization, but remains a clinically important event associated with increased 30-day mortality but no long-term legacy effect.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - Category: Cardiology Authors: Kwok, C. S., Kontopantelis, E., Kinnaird, T., Potts, J., Rashid, M., Shoaib, A., Nolan, J., Bagur, R., de Belder, M. A., Ludman, P., Mamas, M. A., on behalf of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) and National Institute of Cardiovascular Tags: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Coronary Interventions Source Type: research
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