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,…
Radial Artery PCI Makes Same-Day Discharge Possible for Many Patients. When interventional cardiologists use the radial artery in the wrist to thread slender catheters into the heart for angioplasty and stenting, many patients can safely go home the same day-even some with chronic medical conditions and complex blockages-according to a study presented today at the…
Treatment of Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm Using a Novel Compression Device. Michael Liou, Frank Tung, Yumiko Kanei, Tak Kwan. ABSTRACT:Radial artery pseudoaneurysm is an extremely rare complication associated with transradial catheterization. We report 2 cases of pseudoaneurysm of the radial artery that were successfully treated using the Terumo TR band. We believe that the safety, efficiency,…
Is Transradial Cerebral Angiography Feasible and Safe? A Single Center’s Experience. Jo KW, Park SM, Kim SD, Kim SR, Baik MW, Kim YW. Koreo. OBJECTIVE: Although a transradial angiography is accepted as the gold standard for cardiovascular procedures, cerebral angiography has been performed via transfemoral approach in most institutions. The purpose of this study is…
Overcoming Anatomic Challenges to Transradial Access: An overview for interventionists who are considering transradial access training. Christopher Pyne and Tift Mann. The benefits of transradial access have been well documented in numerous studies during the past 2 decades, and it is now accepted as an alternative approach for coronary interventional procedures. A disadvantage of the…