Stefano Rigattieri, Ernesto Cristiano, Federica Tempestini, Luca Pittorino, Vincenzo Cesario, Matteo Casenghi, Francesca Giovannelli, Antonella Tommasino, Emanuele Barbato, Andrea Berni
Background: in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), radial access should be favoured over femoral access as it reduces the risk of vascular complications and bleeding. Furthermore, a preventive role of radial access in the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI), mainly mediated by the reduction of bleeding and cholesterol crystal embolization into renal circulation, has been investigated in several studies, yielding conflicting results. Methods: we designed a retrospective study to appraise the effect of the use of a vascular access site on the occurrence of AKI in a cohort of 633 patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by PCI at our centre from 2018 to 2020...
April 18, 2024: Journal of Clinical Medicine