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The Transradial Approach to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Historical Perspective, Current Concepts, and Future Directions. Sunil V. Rao, Mauricio G. Cohen, David E. Kandzari, Olivier F. Bertrand, Ian C. Gilchrist, Florida, California, Canada, Pennsylvania. Sunil V. Rao, Mauricio G. Cohen, David E. Kandzari, Olivier F. Bertrand, Ian C. Gilchrist, Florida, California, Canada, Pennsylvania. Periprocedural bleeding complications…

Transradial approach to subclavian artery stenting. Yu J, Korabathina R, Coppola J, Staniloae C., New York. BACKGROUND: Subclavian artery angioplasty has been traditionally performed via the transfemoral approach. Transradial access is becoming increasingly used for coronary as well as for certain peripheral vascular beds. We describe our experience with transradial access for subclavian artery stenting.…

Transradial approach in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with abciximab results in fewer bleeding complications: data from EUROTRANSFER registry. Siudak Z, Zawislak B, Dziewierz A, Rakowski T, Jakala J, Bartus S, Noworolnik B, Zasada W, Dubiel JS, Dudek D., Poland. OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to investigate the safety and efficacy of transradial approach, predictors…

Impact of introducer sheath coating on endothelial function in humans after transradial coronary procedures Dawson EA, Rathore S, Cable NT, Wright DJ, Morris JL, Green DJ., Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, England, UK. BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare…

Transradial and Transbrachial Arterial Approach for Simultaneous Carotid Angiographic Examination and Stenting Using Catheter Looping and Retrograde Engagement Technique. Hsiu-Yu Fang, Sheng-Ying Chung, Cheuk-Kwan Sun, Ali A Youssef, Anuj Bhasin, Tzu-Hsien Tsai, Cheng-Hsu Yang, Chien-Jen Chen, Hisham Hussein, Chiung-Jen Wu, Hon-Kan Yip, Taiwan. BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to introduce a novel and…

Assessment of acute injuries and chronic intimal thickening of the radial artery after transradial coronary intervention by optical coherence tomography. Yonetsu T, Kakuta T, Lee T, Takayama K, Kakita K, Iwamoto T, Kawaguchi N, Takahashi K, Yamamoto G, Iesaka Y, Fujiwara H, Isobe M, Japan. AIMS: Transradial coronary intervention (TRI) introduces a trauma to the…

Preventing Leg Amputations in Critical Limb Ischemia With Below-the-Knee Drug-Eluting Stents. The PaRADISE (PReventing Amputations using Drug eluting StEnts) Trial. Andrew J. Feiring, Mari Krahn, Lori Nelson, Amy Wesolowski, Daniel Eastwood, and Aniko Szabo, Division of Cardiac and Vascular Intervention, Columbia-St. Mary’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Department of Population Health, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College…

Letter to the Editor of Transradial Approach to All Interventional Procedures. A Matter of the Learning Curve. Tomasz Pawlowski, Tomasz Kulawik, Robert J. Gil. Recently, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions published a report describing the role of transradial approach (TRA) in interventional cardiology (1). Its authors pointed out that the TRA is as feasible and effective as…

Effectiveness of enoxaparin for prevention of radial artery occlusion after transradial cardiac catheterization. Hasan Feray, Cemil Izgi, Diler Cetiner, Ebubekir Emre Men, Yelda Saltan, Ayhan Baltay and Reyhan Kahraman, Department of Cardiology, Gaziosmanpasa Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, Esat Is Cad. Sifa Sok, 15/4, 34710 Moda, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey. The aim of this study was to assess…