Interest In Transradial PCI Grows In U.S. But Barriers Remain
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The standing-room-only crowd of physicians that packed a meeting room at the recent Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in San Francisco to hear presentations on transradial percutaneous coronary interventions suggests interest in the technique is growing in the U.S
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