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Hand me your radial artery to protect your kidney

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Vuurmans et al. have reported that, among 69,214 patients who underwent coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention, transradial access was associated with a lower incidence of chronic kidney disease than the femoral approach. We discuss the importance of kidney injury following these procedures, and the potential protective mechanisms of transradial access.

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Weisz, G., Leon, M. Hand me your radial artery to protect your kidney. Nat Rev Cardiol 7, 674–675 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2010.158

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