Transradial PCI allows more patients to be discharged the same day. Michael O’Riordan. San Diego, CA – Same-day discharge following radial-artery PCI is possible for many patients, including patients not considered candidates for same-day discharge by current criteria [1]. Investigators report that older and diabetic patients and those who underwent complex procedures, as well as…
Trans-Radial Coronary Angiography. Haroon Rashid| May 13, 2010. Trans radial access is much more comfortable for the subject as it does not compromise the mobility in the immediate post procedure period unlike trans femoral procedures. More over, access site bleeding problems are much lower compared to femoral arterial access. But the down side of trans…
Coronary Artery Occlusion and Myocardial Infarction Caused by Vasospasm within a Myocardial Bridge. Vales L, Kanei Y, Fox J. Myocardial bridging is a common congenital coronary anomaly that is clinically silent in the majority of cases. Case reports suggest myocardial ischemia and infarction can be caused by myocardial bridging. The proposed mechanisms by which myocardial…
Bilateral percutaneous ulnar artery approach for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention. Hussein H, Gan HW, Fang HY, Wu CJ. Cardiology Department, National Heart Institute. The transradial approach for coronary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions is a well-established, safe, and effective technique that has shown a success rate comparable to that of the transfemoral approach for chronic…
Will the Transradial Approach Become the Preferred Approach in Subclavian Artery Stenting? Craig Walker, Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana. Subclavian artery stenting is well established in the therapy of subclavian artery stenosis resulting in subclavian steal,arm claudication, myocardial ischemia in patients with prior or intended coronary artery bypass utilizing the internal mammary artery,…
Femoral pseudoaneurysms and current cardiac catheterization: Evaluation of risk factors and treatment. Batric Popovica, Luc Freysza, Frric Chometona, Julien Lemoinea, Mazen Elfarrab, Michael Angioia, Christine Selton-Sutya, Christian de Chilloua, Etienne Aliota. OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the incidence of femoral pseudoaneurysm (FPA) following cardiac catheterization, identify the risk factors for FPA and factors influencing therapeutic…
Incidence and predictors of radial artery spasm during transradial coronary angiography and intervention. JIA De-an, ZHOU Yu-jie, SHI Dong-mei, LIU Yu-yang, WANG Jian-long, LIU Xiao-li, WANG Zhi-jian, YANG Shi-wei, GE Hai-long, HU Bin, YAN Zhen-xian, CHEN Yi, GAO Fei. BACKGROUND: Radial artery spasm (RAS) is the most common complication in transradial coronary angiography and intervention.…
Coronary artery disease in orthotopic liver transplantation: pretransplant assessment and management. Ehtisham J, Altieri M, Salam© E, Saloux E, Ollivier I, Hamon M., France. The prevalence of coronary artery disease in end-stage liver disease is only now being recognized. Liver transplant patients are a high risk subgroup for coronary artery disease, even if asymptomatic. Coronary…
Analysis of Peripheral Arterial Bends that interfere with Coronary Catheterization. Naoki Masuda, Takashi Matsukage, Nobuhiko Ogata, Yoshihiro Morino, Teruhisa Tanabe, Yuji Ikari. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of peripheral arterial bends that interfere with coronary catheterization. BACKGROUND: Complex aortic and peripheral arterial bends are important factors in unsuccessful coronary…