radial artery

Case Report With Review

Iatrogenic Radial Arteriovenous Fistula After Coronary Angiography

08/24/2023

The authors review the management of radial AVF and describe a case of an otherwise healthy man who developed a radial AVF after coronary angiography.

The authors review the...

08/24/2023

Vascular Disease Management

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Radial Artery Spasm, Excision of Avulsed Fragment and Uncompromised Flow: An Oxymoron in Invasive Cardiology

04/01/2023

Nikolaos Platogiannis , MD, MSc;

John Papanikolaou , MD, PhD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Dimitrios Karelas , MD, MSc;

A 63-year-old man with a history of smoking, panic attacks, and positive treadmill test was referred for invasive coronary angiography (CA). By a right radial artery (RA) approach, there was difficulty advancing the sheath and the standard...

A 63-year-old man with a history...

04/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

An Ultrasound Survey of the Radial and Ulnar Arteries in an American Population: Implications for Transradial Access

03/01/2023

Jonathan S. Roberts , MD;

Jianli Niu , MD, PhD;

Palpation-guided access of the radial artery (RA) has transradial access (TRA) failure rates averaging 6%-7%. This study aimed to measure RA and ulnar artery (UA) diameters by ultrasound in a typical American population, in hopes of...

Palpation-guided access of the...

03/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Mother-in-Child Assisted Tracking (MiCAT): A Mechanical Technique to Overcome Severe Radial Artery Spasm

08/01/2022

Laura Cardelli , MD;

Gabriele Luigi Gasparini , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Francesco Giannini , MD;

Alessandra Laricchia , MD;

Antonio Mangieri , MD;

Alessandra Scoccia , MD;

Kareem Oshoala , MD;

Kailash Chandra , MD;

Severe radial artery spasm (RAS) and tortuosity may hinder guide catheter advancement and manipulation, requiring the arterial access site to be changed. We describe the safety and the effectiveness of a technique designed to facilitate guide...

Severe radial artery spasm (RAS)...

08/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

09/01/2021

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al. compared the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics of 120 CTO-PCIs performed via dRA access with 2625 CTO-PCIs performed via proximal radial access (pRA) in a large, multicenter registry.

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al....

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Recannulation of Distal Radial Artery for Staged Procedure After Successful Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

09/26/2018

Young Joon Hong , MD;

Yongcheol Kim , MD;

Myung Ho Jeong , MD, PhD;

Kirill Berezhnoi , MD;

Sang-Yeub Lee , MD, PhD;

Min-Chul Kim , MD, PhD;

Doo-Sun Sim , MD, PhD;

Ju-Han Kim , MD, PhD;

Youngkeun Ahn , MD, PhD;

There are limited data regarding the snuffbox approach. Our experience highlights the feasibility of snuffbox approach as the access route for primary PCI and recannulation of distal radial artery for staged PCI.

There are limited data regarding...

09/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology