Allen‚Äôs test

Invasive Thoughts

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

04/29/2015

Ashish H. Shah, MD, MD-Research, MRCP¹; Samir Pancholy, MD²; Sanjay Shah, MD, DM³; Ashesh N. Buch, MD; FRCP⁴; Tejas M. Patel, MD, DM³

Ashish H. Shah, MD, MD-Research, MRCP...

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

Commentary

De-implementing the Allen`s Test

04/29/2015

Ian C. Gilchrist, MD and Sunil V. Rao, MD

Ian C. Gilchrist, MD and Sunil V. Rao...

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