Interventional cardiology

True Femoral Arterial Puncture Site vs Perceived Arterial Puncture Site

10/28/2015

Najam Wasty, MD; Vadim Spektor, MD; Zeshan Rana, MD; Daniel Tsyvine, MD; Gurinder Rana, MD; Muhammad Khakwani, MD; Marc Cohen, MD

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey

Najam Wasty, MD; Vadim Spektor, MD; Z...

Commonly used techniques for isolating the true arterial puncture site are often imprecise. The authors present a useful indicator of the true arterial puncture site following a presentation of data on perceived vs true puncture sites.

Commonly used techniques for...

10/28/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Commentary

Allen`s Testing Prior to Transradial Cardiac Catheterization: State of the Arch

09/02/2015

Rahul Sharma, MD and Robert J. Applegate, MD

Rahul Sharma, MD and Robert J. Appleg...

Many experts recommend assessing the patency of the palmar arch prior to transradial angioplasty for cardiac catheterization; however, there are no robust data to support this practice. Therefore, it is perhaps time to reevaluate this...

Many experts recommend assessing...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Transradial Approach for Cardiac Catheterization in Patients With Negative Allen`s Test

06/15/2015

Christos Maniotis, MD, PhD¹; Michalis Koutouzis, MD, PhD¹; Constantinos Andreou, MD¹; Evangelos Lazaris, MD¹; Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD²; Theodoros Zografos, MD, PhD²; Klio Chantziara, MD, PhD³; Savas Nikolidakis, MD¹; Zenon S. Kyriakides, MD, PhD¹

Christos Maniotis, MD, PhD1; Michali...

This study assesses the efficacy and safety of the transradial approach regardless of the Allen’s test results for coronary angiography and angioplasty. The transradial approach for coronary angiography and ad hoc angioplasty can be performed...

This study assesses the efficacy...

06/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Vascular Disease

The Safety and Efficacy of Peripheral Vascular Procedures Performed in the Outpatient Setting

04/29/2015

Peyman Mesbah Oskui, MD^1,2; Robert A. Kloner, MD, PhD^2,4; Steven Burstein, MD^3,5,8; Katrine Zhiroff, MD^3,8; Benjamin Richard Kartub⁶; Christina Economides, MD^3,8; Jenny Brook, MS⁷; Guy S. Mayeda, MD^3,5,8

Peyman Mesbah Oskui, MD1,2; Robert A...

Peripheral vascular interventions have been traditionally performed in the inpatient setting. We evaluate the safety and efficacy of peripheral vascular interventions performed in a private outpatient catheterization laboratory by performing...

Peripheral vascular...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Iliac Venous Compression Syndromes

03/27/2015

All vascular clinicians must consider venocompressive syndromes in their differential diagnosis of venous disorders.

All vascular clinicians must...

03/27/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Iliofemoral Thrombosis Secondary to Iliac Compression Syndrome in Double Inferior Vena Cava

03/27/2015

See-Wei Low, MD¹; Kapildeo Lotun, MD²; Kwan Seung Lee, MD²

¹University of Arizona;²Section of Vascular Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

See-Wei Low, MD1; Kapildeo Lotun, MD2...

The authors describe a case of a patient with iliofemoral thrombosis precipitated by May-Thurner Syndrome with duplicate inferior vena cava, heterozygous mutation of factor V Leiden, and describe a successful treatment approach.

The authors describe a case of a...

03/27/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Entrapment of a Transradial Coronary Catheter

11/27/2013

Asif Serajian, DO, Teja Gundala, MD

West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, Illinois

Asif Serajian, DO, Teja Gundala, MD ...

The authors discuss possible etiologies, potential methods of prevention, and viable documented techniques of successfully resolving a coronary catheter that becomes kinked.

The authors discuss possible...

11/27/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Balloon Angioplasty for Treatment of Femoral Artery Occlusion Following the Use of a Suture- Mediated Closure Device

01/07/2010

Mazen Abu-Fadel, MD, FACC

Arterial occlusion from the use of suture-mediated closure devices following a percutaneous procedure is a very rare but clinically significant complication for which surgical intervention is thought to be the gold standard for treatment.

Arterial occlusion from the use...

01/07/2010

Vascular Disease Management