RTC - Radial versus femoral access for coronary procedures

Reported from ESC Congress 2022

Thirty years after the first radial access interventional coronary procedure the RTC trial provides evidence that radial access for coronary angiography or PCI is associated with lower risks of all-cause death and bleeding compared with femoral access. Mirvat Alasnag interviews Giuseppe Gargiulo regarding the methodology and results of this analysis.