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Recanalization and reuse of early occluded radial artery within 6 days after previous transradial diagnostic procedure. Babunashvili A, Dundua D. Abstract Late radial artery (RA) thrombosis occurs in 3-9% after transradial interventions. RA occlusion has made this approach unsuitable for repeat interventions and obviated the need for alternative vascular access for catheterization, e.g. left RA…

Implementation of the Transradial Approach for Coronary Procedures is Not Associated with an Elevated Complication Rate and Elevated Radiation Patient Exposure. Lehmann R, Ehrlich JR, Weber V, AbstractThe transradial approach for coronary procedures is associated Background: with a low complication rate, but specific training is considered mandatory. Procedural characteristics (contrast Methods: dye: CD; fluoroscopy time:…

Sterile radial artery granuloma after transradial procedures: a unique and avoidable complication. Zellner C, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Abstract Trans-radial cardiac catheterization has lower rates of arterial access site complications. Hydrophilic-coated sheaths designed specifically for trans-radial procedures have resulted in numerous reports of a foreign body reaction to retained material. Although this is a self-limited…

TRICO 2010 – A GRAND SUCCESS – Comments from international guest faculties A few words about TRICO 2010 “I found TRICO 2010 to be a perfect blend of technique and technology. As with previous TRICOs, the emphasis on TRI technique was maintained, with an excellent display of multi-device studded complex PCI, exuding evidence-based approach, and…

TRICO 2010 Proceedings Friends, TRICO 2010, the Sixth International Transradial Intervention Course was held on October 30th and 31st, 2010. First five TRICOs were traditionally held in the month of January since 2005. However, because of some compelling reasons, it was not possible for us to organise it in January this year and after a…

Angiographic evaluation of right upper-limb arterial anomalies: implications for transradial coronary interventions. Fujii T, Masuda N, Tamiya S, OBJECTIVES:Upper-limb arterial anomalies are sometimes encountered during transradial coronary procedures. These anomalies may contribute to procedural failure or to vascular complications, and are a major reason why many operators tend to avoid transradial procedures. We investigated the…

Pushing the limits forward: Transradial superficial femoral artery stenting. Trani C, Tommasino A, Burzotta F. Percutaneous revascularization of superficial femoral artery (SFA) is increasingly carried out to treat patients with peripheral vascular disease and either intermittent claudication or critical limb ischemia. Transradial vascular access is increasingly adopted for invasive procedures due to reduced access-site complications…

Transradial iliac artery intervention with dual downstream embolic protection. Pitta SR, Barsness GW, Lerman A, Mathew V, Gulati R We report a case of a thrombotic common iliac lesion with concern for elevated risk of downstream embolization during intervention. In this case, a transradial approach enabled the novel, simultaneous deployment of two embolic protection devices,…

Randomized Comparison of Transradial Coronary Angiography Via Right or Left Radial Artery Approaches. Kanei Y, Nakra NC, Liou M Previous studies have shown that the right radial approach encounters more tortuosity than the left radial approach during transradial coronary angiography. The objective of this study was to compare the procedural difficulty of the right and…