Management of Transradial Access for Coronary Angiography Schueler A, Black SR, Shay N. Amy Schueler et. al. The transradial approach for percutaneous coronary intervention and angiography has been shown to be a safe and effective alternative to the traditional transfemoral approach. Used extensively throughout Europe for the past 15 years, this technique has recently gained…
Ipsilateral transulnar catheterization in patients with ipsilateral radial artery occlusion. Kwan TW, Ratcliffe JA, Chaudhry M, Huang Y, Wong S, Zhou Z, Pancholy S, Patel T. BACKGROUND: The transradial approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has recently gained popularity among interventionalists. However, radial artery occlusion (RAO) limits the ability for repeat catheterization. In current practice, transulnar…
Transradial percutaneous iliac intervention, a feasible alternative to the transfemoral route. Cortese B, Peretti E, Troisi N, Siquilberti E, Setti M, BACKGROUND: Percutaneous angioplasty for atherosclerotic iliac disease is commonly performed via the femoral and/or brachial route. In the coronary field a transradial approach has been shown to reduce both major and minor access site bleedings,…
Learning curve in transradial cardiac catheterization: procedure- related parameters stratified by operators’ transradial volume. Kasasbeh ES, Parvez B, Huang RL, et al. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether radial artery access is associated with a reduction in fluoroscopy time, procedure time, and other procedural variables over a 27-month period during which the radial artery approach was incorporated in…
Prone position coronary angiography due to intractable back pain: another merit of transradial approach compared to transfemoral approach. Kwon SW, Cha JJ, Rhee JH., Republic of Korea We report a case of prone position coronary angiography due to intractable back pain via left transradial approach. When a patient cannot lie down in a supine position,…
Direct aspiration of large thrombi in acute myocardial infarction using a standard 6 fr guide catheter via the transradial approach. Shimada Y, Kino N, Fukumoto H.,Japan A large thrombus load on the culprit coronary artery of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with increased procedural complications and adverse coronary events following angioplasty. This…
Feasibility and safety of 7F sheathless guiding catheter during transradial coronary intervention. Kwan TW, Cherukuri S, Huang Y, Pancholy S, Daggubati R, Liou M, Coppola J, Saito S. OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study is to assess the feasibility, safety, and rate of radial artery occlusion (RAO) using 7F sheathless guiding catheter in a large…
Coronary cannulation through mirror-image right aortic arch during right transradial approach: a rare case report with review of literature. Patel T, Shah S, Pancholy S. Department of Cardiology, Sheth V.S. General Hospital and Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad-380 006, India. Although right aortic arch (RAA) is a rare developmental anomaly, it can create a…
Balloon-Assisted Sheathless Transradial Intervention (BASTI) Using 5 Fr Guiding Kwan TW, Ratcliffe JA, Huang Y, Liou M, Pancholy S, Patel TM. BACKGROUND: The sheathless approach to transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has recently gained popularity among interventionalists. However, technical problems and lack of approved equipment in the United States has limited its applicability. We describe…