Vascular access

Radial Access Technique

Right and Left Heart Catheterization via an Antecubital Fossa Vein and the Radial Artery: A Prospective Study

11/26/2014

Paul D. Williams, BM, BCh, MA, MD¹; Sonny Palmer, MBBS²; Chris Judkins, MBBS, MClinRes²; Jack Gutman, MBBS²; Rob Whitbourn, MBBS²; Andrew MacIsaac, MBBS²; Bo Xu, MBBS²; Andrew Burns, MBBS, MD²; Andrew Wilson, MBBS, PhD²

Paul D. Williams, BM, BCh, MA, MD1; ...

Right heart catheterization has been described via the arm but previous reports have been retrospective, performed for limited indications, and may not give an accurate assessment of the success rate or safety of this technique. Right and...

Right heart catheterization has...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

Safety and Performance of the Terumo Pinnacle TIF Tip Sheath

08/04/2010

Frank J Criado, MD

We report on our center’s clinical experience which supports the view that the new TIF Pinnacle sheath offers superior performance and enhanced safety. The complication rate was essentially nil and the use of closure devices was obviated...

We report on our center’s...

08/04/2010

Vascular Disease Management

Original Contribution

Focus on Vascular Access: The Introducer Sheath Revisited

01/14/2009

Frank J. Criado, MD
Union Memorial Hospital/MedStar Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Frank J. Criado, MD Union Memorial Ho...

The Seldinger technique (first published in 1953) stands alone as a development so singularly important that it changed…everything! Nothing would have been possible without it: not modern diagnostic angiography or cardiac and vascular...

The Seldinger technique (first...

01/14/2009

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Economics of an Interrupted, Non-Penetrating Clip Anastomosis for Vascular Access Procedures

09/05/2008

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing in epidemic proportions worldwide. Therefore, vascular access procedures are rapidly becoming the most common surgery performed in the world.

End-stage renal disease (ESRD)...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management