Radial artery intervention

Clinical Images

Radial Artery Embolism: A Rare Complication of Angioplasty

07/22/2016

A 55-year-old man with multivessel CAD was diagnosed with in-stent restenosis, but treatment was complicated by radial artery coronary embolism, which is a rare complication of radial intervention. J INVASIVE CARDIOL...

A 55-year-old man with...

07/22/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

"Virtual" 3 Fr Transradial Coronary Stenting With the 5 Fr Meito Masamune Sheathless Guiding Catheter: Feasibility and Safety in an Outpatient Setting

12/15/2015

Giovanni Amoroso , MD, PhD;

Anneleen van Dullemen ;

Paul Westgeest ;

Mieke van Duinen ;

An assessment of the safety and feasibility of “virtual 3 Fr” transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRA-PCI) in an outpatient setting.

An assessment of the safety and...

12/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Incidence and Predictors of Radial Artery Occlusion

05/29/2015

Ahmet Avci , MD;

Kenan Demir , MD;

Abdullah Tunez , MD;

The authors further the discussion from a recently published article, and focus on the role of anticoagulation and its importance in the prevention of radial artery occlusion.

The authors further the...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Radial Artery Occlusion: Size and More – How Small is Too Small?

05/29/2015

Yashasvi Chugh , MD;

Sanjay Chugh , MD, DM;

The authors comment on a recently published article on radial artery occlusions, and discuss whether the study results are applicable to all patient populations.

The authors comment on a...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Invasive Thoughts

Allen`s Test: Does it Have Any Significance in Current Practice?

04/29/2015

Ashesh N. Buch , MBChB, MD, FRCP;

Ashish H. Shah , MD, MRCP, DM, DO;

Tejas M. Patel , MD, DM;

Sanjay C. Shah , MD, DM;

Samir B. Pancholy , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Despite demonstrating better patient safety, acceptance of TRA as an access site of choice has remained low, with geographical variations. One of the relative contraindications to performing PCI through TRA is an abnormal Allen’s test (AT),...

Despite demonstrating better...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Radial Access Technique

Sheathless Guide Catheter Coronary Intervention Via Radial Artery: Single-Center Experience With 9658 Procedures

04/29/2015

Mitsuru Kahata , MD;

Norio Tada , MD;

Masataka Taguri , PhD;

Tatsushi Ootomo , MD;

Naoto Inoue , MD;

Kaname Takizawa , MD;

We conducted a retrospective investigation of all TRIs performed at Sendai Kousei Hospital from January 2004 to December 2013 to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sheathless TRI in a large population (n=9658).

We conducted a retrospective...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

De-implementing the Allen`s Test

04/29/2015

Ian C. Gilchrist , MD;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

The authors provide their insights on the Allen’s test and its lack of clinical usefulness in transradial interventions, and expound on whether or not a randomized trial is truly necessary to decide the issue.

The authors provide their...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Radial Access Technique

Forearm Arterial Anatomy and Flow Characteristics: A Prospective Observational Study

03/31/2015

Samir B. Pancholy , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Laura A. Heck ;

Tejas M. Patel , MD, DM;

Morphometric data on Caucasian radial and ulnar arteries are limited, with no data on flow interdependence in the forearm arterial circuit. We evaluated 250 upper extremities in 125 patients, performing ultrasonography to measure and compare...

Morphometric data on Caucasian...

03/31/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Incidence and Predictors of Radial Artery Occlusion After Transradial Coronary Angioplasty: Doppler-Guided Follow-up Study

02/01/2015

Archana Sinha , MSc;

Roopali Khanna , DM, MD;

B.K. Madan , MD, DM;

Aditya Kapoor , MD, DM, FACC;

Sudeep Kumar , MD, DM, FACC;

Satyendra Tewari , MD, DM;

Naveen Garg , MD, DM, DNB;

Pravin Kumar Goel , MD, DM;

A serial vascular Doppler examination of the incidence and predictors of radial artery occlusion (RAO) after transradial coronary angioplasty, which finds that preprocedure radial artery inner diameter ≤2.5 mm and peak systolic velocity are...

A serial vascular Doppler...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

The Power of the Story in an Era of Big Data and Huge Databases

01/09/2015

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Dr Blankenship opines on the enduring value of the case report in scientific literature.

Dr Blankenship opines on the...

01/09/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology