Effects of trimetazidine on endothelial dysfunction after sheath injury of radial artery. Park KH, Park WJ, Kim MK, Park DW, Park JH, Kim HS, Cho GY. Korea. Transradial coronary artery angiography (TRCAG) can have harmful effects on the radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The aim of this study was…
Comparison of door-to-balloon times for primary PCI using transradial versus transfemoral approach. Pancholy S, Patel T, Sanghvi K, Thomas M. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to compare door-to-balloon times and other variables in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using transfemoral or transradial approaches. BACKGROUND: Transradial PCI…
Transradial cardiac procedures: the state of the art. Bethan Freestone, Jim Nolan, UK. Since the first catheterisation of a human heart was performed by Werner Forssmann in 1929, access site practice has undergone considerable evolution and technical refinement. Early operators accessed the left side of the heart using a surgical technique to expose and cannulate…
All in favor of radial percutaneous coronary intervention, raise your (patient’s) hand: Editorial Comment. Steven R. Bailey, MD, FSCAI, San Antonio, Texas. Time to arterial access and myocardial reperfusion have been demonstrated to be critical in decreasing mortality in the setting of acute ST segment Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). An important observation from two recent meta-analyses…
Managing Radial Access Vascular Complications: Recognizing complications associated with transradial access and available management options. Ehab A. Eltahawy and Christopher J. Cooper. Among patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization, transradial access leads to improved quality of life after the procedure, is strongly preferred by patients, and reduces hospital costs.1 Transradial coronary angiography and angioplasty is safe,…