Abstract
We read with great interest the article by Brasselet et al. 1 The authors reported access site-specific patient and operator radiation exposure in an observational series of 420 patients undergoing diagnostic angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention, concluding that radial access increases radiation exposure. The authors stated that cardiologists should reconsider the use of radial access in the light of these findings. Although the authors should be commended for raising the important issue of radiation protection, their data add nothing new to the existing literature on access site selection and …
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