Transradial diagnosis and intervention of supraaortic vessels. Turgeman Y, Suleiman K, Feldman A, Bushari LI. Israel. Abstract BACKGROUND: The transradial approach (TRA) is becoming widespread, mainly for coronary interventions, but it has rarely been used for diagnosis and even less for therapeutic treatment of supraaortic arterial vessel (SAAV) atherosclerotic disease. OBJECTIVES: We report our last…
Risk-treatment paradox in the selection of transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention Wimmer NJ, Resnic FS, Mauri L, Matheny ME et al. Boston, MA. Abstract BACKGROUND: Access site complications contribute to morbidity and mortality during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Transradial arterial access significantly lowers the risk of access site complications compared to transfemoral arteriotomy. We…
Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis Brayton KM, Patel VG, Stave C, de Lemos JA, Kumbhani DJ. OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety of same-day discharge in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND: The safety of same-day discharge has previously been evaluated primarily in small, single-center studies. METHODS: We conducted a meta-analysis of…
Transradial versus transfemoral approach for primary percutaneous coronary interventions in elderly patients. Secco GG, Marinucci L, Uguccioni L, Parisi R, Uguccioni S, Fattori R. BACKGROUND: The use of transradial approach (TRA) in the STEMI setting is still debated because of the worry that TRA intervention can lead to a delay in the reperfusion time, especially…
Balloon-assisted deep intubation of guide catheter for direct thromboaspiration in acute myocardial infarction – A technical report Surender Deora, Sanjay Shah, Tejas Patel We have read with great interest the letter by Bagur et al. regarding deep coronary intubation for direct thromboaspiration . It is of no doubt that direct thrombus aspiration with deep intubation…
Transradial PCI and Same Day Discharge: A Winning Team? Editorial Comments Eltigani Abdelaal, MD and Olivier F. Bertrand, * MD, PhD, FSCAI, Quebec Heart-Lung Institute, Quebec City, Canada Faced with rising healthcare costs, and with an aging population, healthcare systems are increasingly challenged globally to reduce costs of healthcare delivery, without compromising access to contemporary therapies. Technical advances in percutaneous coronary…
Remaining challenges and opportunities for improvement in percutaneous transradial coronary procedures. Rao SV, Bernat I, Bertrand OF. The adoption of transradial coronary angiography and coronary intervention is growing because of emerging data on its potential advantages over the femoral approach. As the adoption of radial procedures increases, it is important to understand the remaining challenges…
Comparison Between Transradial and Transfemoral Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Ibebuogu UN, Cercek B, Makkar R, Dinh H, Kwarteng C, Mirocha J, Hussaini A, Singh S, Dohad S, Shah PK, Khorsandi M, Kar S. Transradial (TR) access is increasingly being used in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, its role in PCI for…
Entrapment of a looped/kinked catheter in the brachial artery and its successful retrieval during transradial coronary catheterization. Waked A, Khoueiry G, Bhat T. Transradial access for cardiac catheterization is widely accepted as a safe and viable approach with markedly decreased incidence of major accessrelated complications compared to the transfemoral approach. Minor catheter looping or kinking…