balloon-assisted tracking

Original Contribution

RailTracking: A Novel Technique to Overcome Difficult Anatomy During Transradial Approach

09/16/2022

Claudiu Ungureanu , MD;

Marc Blaimont , MD;

Silviu Dumitrascu , MD;

Caroline Lepiece , MD;

Giuseppe Colletti , MD;

Adel Aminian , MD;

Gabriele Luigi Gasparini , MD;

The transradial access (TRA) currently represents the access site of choice in PCI, but complex anatomy could lead to complications and access-site crossover. The assisted-tracking techniques described in the past (such as balloon-assisted...

The transradial access (TRA)...

09/16/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

The Compleat Radialist

06/27/2017

James C. Blankenship , MD;

For radial access to become the dominant access route, United States interventionalists will need embody the “perfect example of the practitioner of his or her craft,” or “compleat” radialists.

For radial access to become the...

06/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Balloon-Assisted Tracking Use Reduces Radial Artery Access Failure in an Experienced Radial Center and is Feasible During Primary PCI for STEMI

06/27/2017

Adrian Raybould , MBBS;

Mark Ramsey , MBBS, MD;

David Smith , PhD, MD, MBBS, DPM;

Phillip Thomas , MBBS;

Adrian Ionescu , MD;

Daniel Obaid , MBBCh, PhD;