February 21, 2017
Interview with Dr. Yutaka Tanaka
Dr. Yutaka Tanaka discusses his group's study on transradial coronary interventions for complex chronic total occlusion, just published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. The patient population for this single-center study comprised almost 600 patients and looked at whether the transradial approach was feasible for complex chronic total occlusions. The center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, performs 80% of its procedures via the wrist and is home to world renowned experts in the treatment of CTOs. (Posted in collaboration with TCROSS NEWS.)
February 13, 2017
Medtronic Goes Radial
This morning Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) announced that it is now offering a full portfolio of transradial-specific tools: a line of catheters, a TRA access kit with introducer sheath, and its TRAcelet™ compression device for simplifying patent hemostasis post-procedure. Although the company previously has marketed a select number of items designed for the transradial approach (TRA), today's announcement marks the first full-transradial offering by a major stent manufacturer in the United States and has the potential to further accelerate the adoption of this approach among interventional cardiologists.
August 25, 2016
AimRADIAL Masterclass V + FFR Workshop in Budapest
On September 22-23, 2016, the 5th Advanced International Masterclass on the Transradial Approach will be held in Budapest, Hungary. And this year, AimRADIAL will be preceded on September 21 by a one-day comprehensive workshop covering all aspects of Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) from the basic principles and set-up in the cath lab, to the differences between FFR, iFR, and CFR, a comprehensive review of the clinical study data so far, and finally a look at future modalities, like FFR-CT.
May 13, 2016
InterZENtion: Transradial PCI as an Art
Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij, the pioneer of transradial intervention, has a new book out. And you should buy it. It's titled, "Transradial Coronary Interzentions" and in it, Dr. Kiemeneij brings together a whole range of concepts that he has explored and has been practicing, and insights that have come from his experiences both inside and outside the hospital. He says, "This book is one of a kind and focuses more on the 'soft sides' of interventional cardiology (mindset, preparations, minimally invasive, traceless, minimal use of materials). I bring Taoist and Zen core values into the cath lab. The book is illustrated by many B&W photos that I have made during my frequent travels. I am convinced that these views are especially of value for young interventionalists. I consider [this book] to be the summit of my work."
January 24, 2016
Svelte Launches Its Slender IDS Stent-on-a-Wire System in Europe
New Jersey-based Svelte Medical Systems, Inc. announced this week the launch of its novel SLENDER IDS stent-on-a-wire in Europe and other countries that accept the CE Mark. Svelte is planning to submit a PMA application to the US FDA this year. The SLENDER IDS gained the CE Mark last month and the company is now making the product available to select accounts in Europe that specialize in the transradial approach.
September 7, 2015
AimRADIAL Masterclass IV in Liverpool
Next week, on September 17-18, 2015, the 4th Advanced International Masterclass on the Transradial Approach will be held in Liverpool, England and, if you already perform or want to start using the wrist approach to diagnostic or interventional procedures, you need to attend. Where else will you be able to spend two-days with the most expert and experienced radial practitioners in the world?
August 29, 2015
Radial Revolution in the U.S.
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: This approach was pioneered by Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij in 1992. Since then, advances in the technique and in the equipment, along with the dedication of these pioneering physicians, has brought the radial approach to the forefront, resulting in today's paradigm-changing announcement. And I use the term"paradigm-changing" knowingly. It's overused, to the point of being a joke to be sure. But in this case, it is totally valid!!
August 29, 2015
European Guidelines Say "Radial First"
Today the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) gave the highest recommendation to the radial (wrist) approach for catheter-based interventions in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The "ACS without persistent ST-segment elevation (NSTE-ACS) guidelines," drafted by an international multidisciplinary Task Force, were introduced as part of this year's annual European Congress of Cardiology meeting, and are now published online.
May 20, 2015
Ferdinand Kiemeneij and Shigeru Saito Honored at EuroPCR for Contributions to Transradial PCI
This year's EuroPCR meeting, the world-leading course in interventional medicine, honored two pioneers of the transradial (wrist) approach for coronary catheterization and intervention (TRI): Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij from The Netherlands and Dr. Shigeru Saito from Japan. Both have received the 2015 Ethica Award, bestowed by the PCR Board and EuroPCR Course Directors to remarkable individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of cardiovascular intervention as teachers, innovators, scientists, care providers, or pioneers.
March 16, 2015
MATRIX: Wrist is Safer Access Point than Groin for Catheter-Based Heart Procedures
Patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiogram, a procedure used to assess blockages in the heart's arteries, had a significantly lower risk of major bleeding and death if their interventional cardiologist accessed the heart through an artery in the wrist rather than the groin, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session. Study authors said the results should prompt a re-evaluation of clinical guidelines and that the wrist, currently used in a minority of cases in the United States, should be the preferred approach for most catheter-based heart procedures.
February 15, 2015
Svelte and ASAHI INTECC to Collaborate on Fixed Wire Stent System; Ideal for Transradial Approach
Svelte Medical Systems, Inc., manufacturers of the unique drug-eluting coronary stent fixed wire Integrated Delivery System (IDS), sometimes called a "stent-on-a-wire," and ASAHI INTECC, the top Japanese maker of guidewires used in interventional procedures, have announced a manufacturing and co-promotion agreement. ASAHI will design and manufacture the wire tip of the Svelte IDS stent, using its latest ACTONE technology, and also will be partnering with Svelte in the stents promotion.
November 27, 2014 (updated from November 26)
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Released From Hospital, One Day After Receiving Stent
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 81, was released from the hospital this morning, one day after a stent was placed in her right coronary artery (RCA) via the transradial (wrist) approach. According to yesterday's official statement from the Supreme Court, "The coronary blockage was discovered after Justice Ginsburg experienced discomfort during routine exercise last night and was taken to the hospital. She is resting comfortably and is expected to be discharged in the next 48 hours." Turns out it was only 24 hours!
October 7, 2014
AimRADIAL Masterclass Comes to Chicago
On October 23-25, 2014 the 3rd Advanced International Masterclass on the Transradial Approach will be held in Chicago and, if you already perform or want to start using the wrist approach to diagnostic or interventional procedures, you need to attend. Where else will you be able to spend two-and-a-half days with the most expert and experienced radial practitioners in the world?
May 13, 2014
SCAI and CRF Training Programs in Transradial PCI
The next few months offer some unique training opportunities for the U.S. interventional cardiologist regarding the transradial approach to catheterization, angioplasty and stent implantation via the wrist artery.
April 17, 2014
MARS Across the Hudson: Mid-Atlantic Radial Symposium is May 3
If you are an interventional cardiologist or work in a cath lab where the transradial approach is being utilized, and you live anywhere near New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania, you might want to consider a day trip to Morristown, New Jersey on May 3. This trip won't cost you anything, because the Mid-Atlantic Radial Symposium (MARS) is free; and yes, there still is such a thing as a free lunch.
October 27, 2013
SCAI Issues Best Practices for Transradial Angiography and Angioplasty from the Wrist
This week the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) issued an important "best practices" document, addressing the transradial approach in which diagnostic angiography and stents are guided to the coronary arteries via the radial artery in the wrist. The transradial approach, although used far more frequently in Europe, Japan and India, has increased 13-fold in the U.S. over the past five years. The SCAI document covers a wide range of topics: for example, how to transition a hospital to the radial approach, how to avoid blocked blood flow in the radial artery (radial artery occlusion or RAO), and how to reduce radiation exposure.
October 19, 2013
For Transradial Angioplasty, "Slender and Lean" in the Netherlands
Five years ago, interventional cardiologists in Japan decided that to make the transradial approach even easier, the equipment needed to be downsized, literally — and the Slender Club Japan was started, initiated by Dr. Fuminobu Yoshimachi. Interventionalists got together for workshops and meetings throughout Japan to demonstrate new innovations and techniques, "slender" techniques with miniaturized equipment. Now Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij, father of the trasradial approach, is bringing the Slender Club to Europe and has announced a very special kick-off meeting for the Slender Club Europe on February 14, 2014.
September 25, 2013
AIM-RADIAL International Master Class in New York
For the next three days, scores of interventional cardiologists will be gathering in New York City for the Second Annual AIM-RADIAL Master Class where they will hear talks, engage in roundtable discussions, watch live case demonstrations, and be thoroughly immersed in advanced state-of-the-art techniques, the latest data and the most current evidence-based medicine regarding all aspects of the transradial technique for diagnostic angiography and percutaneous interventions.
July 9, 2013
Interview with Ronald P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI
In our interview with Dr. Caputo, he discusses how the landscape of transradial has changed in the past 5 years from introductory "evangelical" didactic lectures to mentorship and adoption by hospitals for economic benefit and improved patient care, from basically a physician-centered to an institutional-centered concern.
June 29, 2013
Interview with Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of transradial intervention (TRI), Angioplasty.Org talked with Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij, "the father of transradial intervention" and interventional cardiologist at OLVG, Amsterdam. In this two-part interview, we cover a wide range of topics regarding TRI, from the history of the procedure to Dr. Kiemeneij's vision of the future of TRI and what needs to happen for its ultimate worldwide acceptance as the default approach for catheter-based intervention.
June 25, 2013
Training is Key to Adoption of Transradial Wrist Approach to PCI
An Editor's perspective piece about the transradial (wrist) approach to angioplasty and stents appears in the current issue of "Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions." Penned by Associate Editor J. Dawn Abbott, MD, the article, titled "Diffusion of Innovations and Adoption of Transradial Intervention," explores why it has taken so long (and continues to) for the transradial approach to be adopted widely in the U.S., given that the evidence from clinical trials has been clear, and that the economic and patient comfort benefits are evident.
June 14, 2013
Become Part of the Transradial Angioplasty Surge
We estimate that by the end of 2013, TRI will account for 20% of all PCIs. That's one in five. Pretty impressive. When was the last time a medical procedure that is less expensive, more comfortable for patients and has fewer complications, grew this quickly? You can read more in our article, "Wrist Angioplasty Sees Unprecedented Growth in U.S.," which reports on an important study which was published in this week's Circulation. Or you can do something about it and become part of this revolution by getting into the training loop.
June 10, 2013
Wrist Angioplasty Sees Unprecedented Growth in U.S.
In tomorrow's issue of Circulation, a landmark analysis of almost 3 million coronary interventions performed in the U.S. from 2007 to 2012 concludes that utilization of the transradial approach, in which balloons and stents are delivered to the heart via the radial artery in the wrist instead of the femoral artery in the groin, has increased 13-fold in the past five years.
May 15, 2013
Transradial Approach Surging in the U.S.
Interventional cardiologists…listen up!! Stent and angioplasty procedures in the United States are now done through the wrist 15-20% of the time. This is a big change! And, according to Dr. Sanjit Jolly of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, in three to five years, half of all U.S. procedures will be done through the wrist. Get that interventional cardiologists? HALF!
February 28, 2013
Transradial on the Hudson
For interventional cardiologists in the Northeast, the next few months offer two important transradial training opportunities…on both sides of the Hudson River: in New Jersey, on April 20, will be the Mid-Atlantic Radial Symposium (MARS2013); and in New York, on June 28-29, will be the NYCTRAC, organized by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.
January 28, 2013
European Society of Cardiology: "Transradial Access Should Be 1st Choice for Angioplasty"
This is very big news. Today the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) and the Working Group (WG) on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published their joint consensus document on the radial approach to PCI, online ahead of print in EuroIntervention.
January 27, 2013
Follow-up to Transradial Angioplasty on the Dr. Oz Show
Last month Dr. Oz did a segment on transradial angioplasty and featured Dr. Jennifer Tremmel. But while what Dr. Tremmel discussed was certainly of interest to Dr. Oz's lay audience, the story of how she came to practice the transradial approach is most instructive for those interventional cardiologists who are thinking about learning the radial technique.
January 14, 2013 Transradial Training in the Northwest
Swedish Medical Center and the Seattle Science Foundation are teaming up once again to provide training in the transradial (or wrist) approach for interventional cardiologists. Titled "The Transradial Approach: A Case-based and Hands-on Training Course," this two-day course runs from March 1-2, 2013.
December 19, 2012
Dr. Oz Features Transradial Angioplasty and Stents
Today, Dr. Oz featured cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, and stents from the wrist on his afternoon TV show. Billed as part of his series, "Dr. Oz's Ultimate Insider's Guide: The Newest Medical Breakthroughs," Mehmet Oz interviewed Dr. Jennifer Tremmel of Stanford and in 10 short minutes exposed 3 million viewers to transradial intervention (TRI). (Read
more...)
October 17, 2012
"Annual Report" of Stent Procedures Shows Big Increase in Wrist Angioplasty
Today's report from the ACC CathPCI Registry data has some interesting statistics, among them a significant increase in the transradial approach, in which balloons and stents are directed to the heart via the radial artery in the wrist. (Read
more...)
September 14, 2012
Fall Preview Lineup for Training in Transradial (Wrist) Angioplasty
The adoption of transradial intervention (TRI), placing a stent in the heart artery from the wrist, has been growing steadily in the United States. Due to the increasing number of training courses that have become available, more and more U.S. interventional cardiologists are being introduced to the procedure and are gaining the necessary knowledge and skills to begin using it. Here's a quick overview of a variety of courses, seminars and symposia being offered in the U.S. over the next few months. (Read
more...)
August 14, 2012
Happy 20th Anniversary to TransRadial Intervention (TRI)
The first transradial interventional procedure was done on August 14, 1992 by Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij in The Netherlands -- it was exactly twenty years ago today when Dr. Kiemeneij taught the band to play! (Read
more...)
July 8, 2012
Cost Effectiveness of Wrist Angioplasty from Japan
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: A video was sent to me from Japan by Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij showing the real-time cath lab turnaround between two patients, being done via the transradial approach. It took less than 5 minutes from the time the catheter was removed from patient #1 until a needle was inserted in patient #2. The patients were able to get on and off the cath lab table by themselves. Watch it. (Read
more...)
July 8, 2012
Transradial Wrist Angioplasty Saves Money and Lowers Complications Over Groin Access
According to a new cost-benefit analysis of diagnostic angiography, angioplasty and stenting, the use of the radial artery in the wrist instead of the femoral artery in the groin for catheter access results in less vascular complications for patients and significant cost-savings for the healthcare system. (Read
more...)
June 22, 2012
Transradial Angioplasty Masters Training Course from Duke Clinical Research Institute and SCAI
On October 11-12, 2012, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in conjunction with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), will present the "2nd Annual Duke Masters Course in Transradial Intervention", continuing its commitment to providing an advanced level of training in this new and growing technique to be offered in the United States. According to the organizers, the Duke course is one of the only advanced Masters' level transradial courses offered in the U.S. (Read
more...)
May 2, 2012
Spring Training for Transradial (Wrist) Angioplasty
Place a stent in the heart from the wrist? Sounds crazy, but actually it's the way angioplasty and stenting is done around the world...except in the U.S. But that has been rapidly changing, because of training courses in the transradial approach, like several that are happening this month. (Read
more...)
April 14, 2012
20th Anniversary of Transradial Angioplasty
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: Today Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij, the "father of transradial intervention", notified us that this year is the 20th anniversary of the first transradial intervention: angioplasty done through the radial artery in the wrist. It was in 1992 in Amsterdam that Dr. Kiemeneij's group first began exploring ways to use the radial artery for interventional procedures, such as delivering balloons and stents. (Read
more...)
February 7, 2012
Transradial Stent in New Jersey
The interventional cardiology group at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey was featured in today's Star-Ledger. Titled "A second opinion on unclogging arteries: Catheters through wrist, not groin", the article profiles Dr. Jordan Safirstein and shows how the transradial wrist approach to angioplasty and stenting can be used in complex cases, yet allow the patient literally to get up off the cath lab table and walk to the recovery area. (Read
more...)
November 8, 2011
SRO Times 5 for Transradial Symposium at TCT2011
Today I saw hard statistical evidence that the transradial approach is growing exponentially in the U.S. The audience for the TCT half day symposium was five times larger than two years ago. (Read
more...)
September 22, 2011
Advanced
Transradial Angioplasty Training Course from Duke Clinical
Research Institute
On October 20-21, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in conjunction with
the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and SCAI, will present the "Duke
Advanced Course in Transradial Angiography and Intervention", one of the first
advanced courses in this new and growing technique to be offered in the United
States. (Read
more...)
September 8, 2011
Transradial
Angioplasty Training in Las Vegas
This weekend Richard R. Heuser, MD, FSCAI and John E. Lassetter, MD, FSCAI
of St. Luke's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona will be conducting
a one-day course in transradial (wrist) angioplasty at the Wynn/Encore Hotel
in Las Vegas, Nevada. But the games of chance will be relegated to the casinos
because, as Dr. Heuser recounts in his exclusive interview with Angioplasty.Org,
the wrist approach to diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures is
safer for patients, more comfortable for patients and (trumpet fanfare) has
the potential to reduce costs of healthcare as well. (Read
more...)
September 8, 2011
Interview
with Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC
Angioplasty.Org discusses the transradial approach with angioplasty pioneer
Dr. Richard Heuser of the Phoenix Heart Center. Dr. Heuser and Dr. John E.
Lassetter will be conducting a special one-day transradial workshop on Sunday,
September 11 in Las Vegas. Our exclusive interview with Dr. Heuser discusses
why he feels the transradial approach increases patient safety, patient satisfaction
and how it can reduce healthcare costs. (Read
more...)
May 5, 2011
Angioplasty
and Stenting from the Wrist: Society for Cardiovascular
Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) Issues Its First
Report on Transradial Access
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) released
its first official report on transradial (wrist) access for angioplasty and
stenting at its annual meeting, being held in Baltimore, MD this week. Published
simultaneously in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the 17-page
report covers a wide range of topics, such as patient selection and preparation,
artery access, catheter and therapy selection, primary PCI, potential complications
and training for intervention cardiologists performing procedures via radial
access. (Read
more...)
April 29, 2011
Stent
By Wrist in Houston
Local ABC affiliate KTRK-TV (Channel 13) in Houston ran a story today on using
the wrist to place a stent -- the transradial approach. More stories like this
and perhaps the U.S. will catch up with the rest of the world in its use of
the radial approach, currently at only 5% in the U.S. and ten times more common
in parts of Europe and Asia. (Read
more...)
April 26, 2011
Wrist
Angioplasty in Indiana
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: Dr. Jack Hall, Program Director at St. Vincent's Heart Center in Indianapolis,
Indiana will be heading a faculty of transradial experts on Saturday. The "Indianapolis
Transradial Summit" has been organized to train and inform cardiologists, cath
lab techs and hospital administrators on the benefits for both patient outcomes
and comfort, as well as potential cost-savings that are afforded by the use
of the wrist as the catheter-access site of choice, when peforming angioplasty,
angiography and stent placement. (Read
more...)
April 26, 2011
Transradial
Angioplasty Training in Indianapolis
This Saturday cardiologists, cath lab managers and hospital administrators
will gather in Indianapolis for a day-long workshop in the transradial approach
to angioplasty, stents diagnostic angiograms. (Read
more...)
April 26, 2011
Interview
with Jack J. Hall, MD, FACC
Angioplasty.Org conducts an exclusive interview with Dr. Hall, in which he
discusses the evolution of the transradial (wrist) technique and implications
for patient care and economic benefit in the U.S. (Read
more...)
April 8, 2011
Transradial
Wrist Angioplasty RIVALs Femoral
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: The European
cardiologists don't understand all the fuss in the U.S.
about wrist vs. groin, radial vs. femoral. They use the
wrist artery for angioplasty, stents and catheter access
at least half the time (many 80-90% of the time) and they
can't understand why, in the United States, it's only used
in 5% of cases. (Read
more...)
April 8, 2011
Angioplasty
and Stenting from the Wrist Safe and Effective: The
RIVAL Trial
The first large-scale trial comparing angioplasty performed via the wrist (transradial)
with the procedure done from the leg (femoral) was presented at this week's
annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Dubbed "RIVAL" (RadIal
Vs. FemorAL Access for Coronary Intervention Study) the trial enrolled 7,021
patients from 158 hospitals in 32 countries. (Read
more...)
April 4, 2011
SCAI Statement
on "The Rival Trial: A Randomized Comparison of Radial
Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Angiography or Intervention
in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes"
The RIVAL Trial is the first large North American randomized clinical trial
comparing the two options for accessing the heart arteries: radially (via the
wrist) or femorally (via the groin, or upper leg). The findings are likely
to impact practice in the United States. (Read
more...)
April 4, 2011
Toshiba’s
Infinix-I Vascular Systems Help Memorial Hermann To
Improve Care Through Transradial Intervention
Relying on the Infinix-i vascular labs, the interventional team at Memorial
Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute – TMC transitioned into performing more
radial interventional procedures. The design of Toshiba’s Infinix-i systems
with the flexible five-axis C-arm movement facilitates the radial approach
with ease, as it allows clinicians to access the patient from either side,
move the C-arm seamlessly, and situate the monitors and control panel to meet
the needs of the interventional team. (Read
more...)
March 29, 2011
Will
a Heart Stent from the Wrist RIVAL One from the Leg?
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: The RIVAL Study
is scheduled for presentation as a late-breaking clinical
trial at this year's ACC.11 on Monday morning. RIVAL will
compare the transradial and femoral approaches for bleeding
complications, death, MI and stroke in ACS patients who
are treated with PCI. It's over 7,000 patients strong and
will be, in the words of Dr. Sunil V. Rao, "a huge
addition to our knowledge base and what the role of radial
is in a high-risk patient population." (Read
more...)
March 27, 2011
Transradial
Cath in Bakersfield
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: I'm always
keeping an eye on the growing number of news stories about
a "revolutionary new way to open the coronary arteries":
the transradial approach, that is, where the radial artery
in the wrist is used as the entry point for catheters,
angioplasty balloons and stents. This latest TV report
was broadcast Friday on KGET-TV, Channel 17 in Bakersfield,
California. (Read
more...)
March 22, 2011
Advanced
Transradial Angioplasty Training at Duke University
School of Medicine
This October, the Duke Clinical Research Institute, in conjunction with the
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Society for Cardiovascular
Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), will present the "Duke Advanced Course
in Transradial Angiography and Intervention", one of the first advanced courses
in this new and growing technique to be offered in the United States. (Read
more...)
March 14, 2011
Wrist Angioplasty
Up-Close: New York Style
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: For physicians
(and others) who are interested in seeing an advanced
PCI case using the transradial or wrist approach,
tune in tomorrow morning at 8:00am to this month's
Interventional Cardiology Live Case Study Series
from Mount Sinai Medical Center on theheart.org. (Read
more...)
March 11, 2011
Transradial
Training at ACC.11
If you are an interventional cardiologist, performing angioplasty and placing
stents, and are attending this year's annual American College of Cardiology
meeting in New Orleans, you should definitely think about attending the Transradial
Hands-On Learning Lab to find out how to perform diagnostic caths and PCIs
via the radial artery in the wrist, instead of the standard femoral access
site. (Read
more...)
February 13, 2011
LUMEN
Course Features Transradial STEMI: Treating a Heart
Attack from the Wrist
The treatment of STEMI is the subject of a two-and-a-half-day course being
held in Miami, Florida on February 24-26, 2011. New this year is an emphasis
on utilizing the transradial angioplasty approach for STEMI, which may be useful
because the femoral access site is more prone to bleeding complications and
in STEMI patients, who often are given a significant amount of anticoagulant
and antiplatelet drugs to lessen the blood clot causing the heart attack, bleeding
can become a problem. The transradial approach virtually eliminates bleeding
complications. (Read
more...)
February 13, 2011
Interview
with Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, is a pioneer in STEMI intervention. He has done
groundbreaking work on shortening door-to-balloon times for STEMI interventions
and is the course director for LUMEN, the Annual Symposium on Optimal Treatment
for Acute MI, which this year features workshops on the transradial approach
to STEMI intervention. (Read
more...)
January 6, 2011
Philadelphia
Transradial Intervention Program: Take a TRIP
Just a reminder to you interventional cardiologists, cath lab nurses and technologists
who are interested in learning how to do angiograms, angioplasty and stents
from the wrist -- next Saturday, January 15, is SCAI's second transradial program,
being held in Philadelphia with an "all-star" faculty of transradial experts. (Read
more...)
December 12, 2010
Transradial
Wrist Angioplasty Training Coast-to-Coast in January
2011
Starting the New Year off are coast-to-coast training opportunities for interventional
cardiologists who are interested in learning about the transradial approach
to heart catheterization, angioplasty and stenting. Dr. Morton Kern and Dr.
Pranav Patel of the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, are
offering their "Radial First" Training Program on January 8, and the Society
for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has scheduled the Transradial
Intervention Program (TRIP) for January 15 in Philadelphia. (Read
more...)
December 7, 2010
Sheathless
Transradial Intervention Highly Successful in Treating
Complex Lesions
Cardiologists from the Mayo Clinic performed sheathless transradial percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) to remedy complex lesions, achieving a 90% success
rate with no radial complications. Standard guiding catheters were used during
the procedure. (Read
more...)
November 18, 2010
Transradial
Angioplasty Summit Comes to Chicago
This program is designed to provide a practical, in-depth exposure to performance
of the technique, its application in various key patient subsets, relevant
technical considerations, and management of complications. Included will be
examination of the recently published data, presentation of archived cases
with expert commentary, and discussion of current controversies in the field.
Importantly, attendees will also gain practical, hands-on experience using
transradial medical simulation and exposure to an array of dedicated transradial
equipment. (Read
more...)
November 16, 2010
Terumo
Interventional Systems First To Offer Multiple, All-In-One
Radial Access Kits For Double Or Single-Wall Entry
Sticks
"Terumo now offers a wide variety of specialized radial access kits to meet
everyone’s needs for managing access from the radial artery. We are pleased
to offer the new Glidesheath Nitinol Kit as an all-in-one solution for transradial
procedures," said Gary Clifton, Senior Marketing Manager, Terumo Medical Corporation. "This
product expansion is another milestone in our commitment to delivering a complete
set of radial access tools that will enhance successful outcomes and quality
of life for patients." (Read
more...)
November 4, 2010
Wrist
Angioplasty Summit in Boston Sponsored by The Society
for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
How do interventional cardiologists learn a new technique for placing stents
once they're out of their fellowships and settled into a practice? If that
technique is using the radial artery in the wrist to reach the coronary arteries
surrounding the heart, then a good way to start would be to attend tomorrow's "SCAI
Radial Summit" in Boston. But you would have had to sign up weeks ago, because
the course is filled up. (Read
more...)
October 24, 2010
SCAI
Sets TransRadial Intervention Program (TRIP) for Angioplasty
from the Wrist
A sure sign that the transradial or wrist approach to performing catheterizations,
angioplasty and stent placement is gaining in interest in the United States
is the fact that all available spaces for SCAI's first course on the technique
were filled over two weeks in advance. Acknowledging the enthusiastic response,
SCAI has scheduled a second course, the SCAI Transradial Intervention Program
(TRIP) to be held on January 15, 2011 in Philadelphia. (Read
more...)
September 29, 2010
AccessClosure
Announces Distribution Agreement for Radial Compression
Band
The Bengal radial compression band was designed in partnership with radial
pioneer Olivier F. Bertrand, MD, PhD, FSCAI, an Interventional Cardiologist
at the
Quebec Heart-Lung
Institute
and Associate-Professor, Faculty of Medicine, at Laval University. "I designed
this device to address unmet needs in radial closure. I wanted a simple tool
that achieves quick and effective hemostasis, while protecting the ulnar nerve
and providing a comfortable experience for the patient," said Dr. Bertrand. (Read
more...)
September 24, 2010
Terumo
Interventional Systems Expands World-Class Transradial
Access Solutions Portfolio With Introduction Of Heartrail™ III Coronary Guiding Catheter
Terumo Interventional Systems, a leading manufacturer of guidewires, catheters,
sheaths, and embolization products, today announced the nationwide availability
of the new Heartrail™ III Coronary Guiding Catheter, the company's first
guiding catheter specifically designed for right radial access to maximize
Transradial interventional procedures. (Read
more...)
September 14, 2010
Training
for the Transradial Approach to Angioplasty and Stents
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: Training opportunities
for the transradial approach to percutaneous coronary interventions
(PCI) abound. You just have to look for them. And the best
place to find training courses is on Angioplasty.Org's
Transradial Training Courses page. (Read
more...)
September 13, 2010
Wrist
Angioplasty Training Sessions at TCT 2010
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: Last year's
TCT Transradial sessions were Standing-Room-Only before
they started. Get there early this year -- Thursday morning's
Concurrent Session is a four-hour comprehensive look at
using the radial artery in the wrist to perform diagnostic
angiography, angioplasty and stenting safely and with lower
complication rates. (Read
more...)
September 13, 2010
Transradial
Angioplasty at TCT 2010
This year's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, being
held in Washington DC on September 21-25, will be hosting a number of sessions
featuring the transradial approach to angioplasty, in which a catheter is inserted
through the radial artery in the wrist instead of the femoral artery in the
groin. Angioplasty.Org has compiled a complete list of these sessions. (Read
more...)
July 21, 2010
Transradial
Aims At The SCAI
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: On Friday,
November 5, 2010, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, SCAI will
present what I believe is the first professional society-organized
stand-alone course in the transradial approach to angioplasty
and stent placement held in the U.S. (Read
more...)
July 17, 2010
SCAI
Radial Summit to Feature Angioplasty from the Wrist
for Interventional Cardiologists
Angioplasty and stent placement, performed from the wrist, is the topic of
the just announced "SCAI Radial Summit", being presented by the The Society
for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) in Boston, Massachusetts
on November 5, 2010. This course is the first standalone course on the transradial
approach to coronary interventions to be organized by a national professional
society in the U.S. (Read
more...)
May 25, 2010
Transradial
Angioplasty Training at Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Sunil V. Rao, one of the key researchers of access site bleeding complications
resulting from angioplasty and stent placement, has been a vocal proponent
of the transradial (wrist) approach to angioplasty, which minimizes or eliminates
these complications. Now Dr. Rao and his colleague, Dr. Mitchell W. Krucoff,
have designed a two-day CME training course in the transradial approach for
clinical and interventional cardiologists, as well as physicians and technicians
involved in the care of patients. (Read
more...)
May 4, 2010
Where
Can I Get a Stent or Angioplasty Done Through the Wrist?
In the United States, the wrist approach is utilized in less than 5% of cases.
The reason is public education and professional training: patients don't know
about it; many cardiologists haven't learned how to do it. But patients, who
are about to have an angiogram or angioplasty or stent placement, should look
over the Radial Hospital Locator on Angioplasty.Org -- a listing of scores
of hospitals and practitioners who offer the radial approach. (Read
more...)
May 2, 2010
Stents
and Angioplasty from the Wrist: Texas Style
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: Two years ago
interventional cardiologist Dr. Sanjaykumar Patel joined
the Sadler Clinic in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston.
When Dr. Patel arrived in Houston, radial procedures were
not well-known. Now he has now done over a thousand procedures
from the wrist and, as he told Angioplasty.Org, "I
differentiated myself in the community because my doing
transradial was a huge advantage for me in attracting the
patient referrals -- because all my patients, they loved
it!" (Read
more...)
May 2, 2010
Interview
with Dr. Sanjay Patel: Transradial Approach to Catheterization
and Angioplasty
In this exclusive interview, Dr. Sanjay Patel discusses how using the transradial
approach has made a major difference in his Houston-based practice. Two years
ago no one in his hospitals was doing radial procedures; today Dr. Patel runs
monthly training courses on the transradial technique and patients seek him
out. (Read
more...)
April 1, 2010
Lucien
Campeau, Transradial Pioneer, Dies at 82
Dr. Lucien Campeau, pioneering cardiologist who first performed angiography
through the radial artery in the wrist, passed away on March 15, 2010 at age
82 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. In 1989, Dr. Campeau published his experiences
in performing 100 coronary angiographies through the radial artery in the wrist
in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Three years later, Dr. Ferdinand Kiemeneij
of The Netherlands adapted Campeau's technique and performed the first coronary
angioplasty from the transradial route. (Read
more...)
March 30, 2010
Transradial
Approach to Angioplasty and Stenting to be Featured at
SCAI 2010 Annual Meeting
"There's been a surge of interest in the transradial approach over the past year," according
to Dr. Samir B. Pancholy, who said he expected an overflow audience at the transradial
sessions being held at this year's SCAI 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions. Similar
sessions at last fall's TCT and this year's ACC meetings resulted in a hundred
or more cardiologists standing in the corridors, listening to the audio feed.
At this year's annual SCAI meeting, being held May 5-8 at the Hilton San Diego
Bayfront, two major concurrent sessions on transradial are on the agenda. (Read
more...)
March 29, 2010
Does
Less Angioplasty in Women Having a Heart Attack Lead
to Worse Outcomes?
Commentary from the Editor's Blog: A study presented
two weeks ago at ACC.10 demonstrated that women admitted
to the hospital for a heart attack were twice as likely
to die within a month as men -- mainly because they were
less likely to be sent to the cath lab and given the
gold standard treatment for acute infarction: angioplasty
and stenting. One solution to this problem? Increased
use of transradial angioplasty. (Read
more...)
March 25, 2010
Angioplasty
from the Wrist: Help for Patients and Physicians
Interest in the transradial or wrist approach to catheter-based heart procedures,
such as diagnostic catheterization, angioplasty and stent placement, is growing
in the United States. Terumo and Angioplasty.Org have fashioned several tools
to help cardiologists, nurses and technicians learn the technique -- and assist
patients in finding centers where the technique is practiced. (Read
more...)
March 24, 2010
It’s
All In The Wrist… And On The Web: U.S. Physician
Demand For Transradial Access Education On The Rise
Terumo Medical Corporation, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Terumo Corporation,
today announced the launch of its Transradial University, an informational
website that recognizes the growing training and information needs of physicians
and other medical professionals interested in expanding their use of transradial
access as an alternative vascular access site. As transradial adoption expands
in the U.S., two key limiting factors are training and experience. (Read
more...)
March 13, 2010
Transradial
Hands-On Learning Labs Offered by Terumo at American
College of Cardiology Meeting
Terumo Interventional Systems is sponsoring two days of hands-on training in
the transradial approach to angiography and angioplasty for attendees of this
year's American College of Cardiology 59th Scientific Sessions in Atlanta,
Georgia. Building on its industry-leading transradial education focus, these
sessions will be held in Lab #3636 on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15
from 9:00am - 4:30pm. (Read
more...)
March 10, 2010
Parrish
Medical Center Now Offers Transradial Cardiac Catheterizations
This story from WFTV Channel 9 in Titusville, Florida highlights Parrish Medical
Center’s Cardiovascular Care program at which interventional cardiologists
Dr. Ravi Rao and Dr. Biju Mathews have established North Brevard’s first Transradial
Catheterization program. (Read
more...)
March 8, 2010
The
way to the heart is through the wrist
This profile of Dr. Daniel Dunker, a cardiologist at St. Mary’s Medical Center
in Blue Springs, Missouri appeared in the Independence, Missouri-based Examiner.
This story, by reporter Michael Glover, like so many others in local newspapers,
shines a light on an alternate way of doing angiograms and angioplasties. (Read
more...)
December 5, 2009
Transradial
Angiography and Intervention Seminar Now Online
This fall's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San
Francisco offered a unique and important session, "The Transradial
Angiography and Intervention Seminar", comprising an entire afternoon
with over twenty separate presentations by global leaders in the field of stents
and angioplasty, as performed from the wrist. The complete session is now available
online at the TCT's website, TCTMD.com (Read
more...)
September 22, 2009
SRO
at the Wrist Angioplasty Seminar -- Transradial is
Hot
From The Editor's Blog: I'm at the TCT in
San Francisco, standing outside "The Transradial Angiography
and Intervention Seminar" -- because (and a hundred
or so cardiologists) can't fit in the room! (Read
more...)
September 16, 2009
Training
for Transradial Angioplasty: Get On The Wait List
Courses in the transradial approach to PCI have been difficult to find, but
as word about transradial's benefits spreads, a new problem has arisen -- attendance
at these courses fills up even before the dates are announced. (Read
more...)
September 16, 2009
Interview
with Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC
The Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham,
North Carolina and author of a landmark study about transradial, discusses
the current status of this approach in the U.S. and its growth. (Read
more...)
September
16, 2009
Transradial
Angioplasty at TCT
From The Editor's Blog: I've previously complained
about how the national cardiology meetings have barely
mentioned a technique used 50% of the time in Canada,
Europe and Asia. But this year's TCT is stepping up
and has even scheduled an entire afternoon symposium
(Tuesday, September 22) devoted to transradial. (Read
more...)
September
16, 2009
Transradial
Angioplasty Activities at TCT 2009
This year's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San
Francisco will host a number of symposia and workshops highlighting the growing
use of the transradial (wrist) approach to angioplasty, stenting and diagnostic
catheterizations. The centerpiece of the weeklong activities is "The Transradial
Angiography and Intervention Seminar" comprising an entire afternoon with twenty-three
separate presentations by global leaders in the field. (Read
more...)
September 13, 2009
Terumo
Interventional Systems Announces Launch of Glidewire
Advantage™ Peripheral Guidewire
The Glidewire Advantage Peripheral Guidewire combines Terumo’s well-established
Glidewire construction on the distal 25 cm with a unique spiral PTFE coating
on the proximal end. The result is a guidewire that easily navigates and crosses
the lesion, while also providing the operator with excellent tactile feel and
support for secure device placement. These two wire sections are seamlessly
fused together using Terumo’s proprietary DuoCore™ Technology. (Read
more...)
September 13, 2009
Terumo
Interventional Systems Announces Line Expansion of
Its Pinnacle® Destination® Guiding Sheaths
The introduction of the 8F Destination Guiding Sheath extends the range of
interventional procedures that can be performed by this market-leading product
to include atherectomy and stent graft procedures. The Pinnacle Destination
Guiding Sheath line supports virtually all applicable diagnostic and interventional
procedures, offering a comprehensive range of French sizes (5F – 8F), lengths
and tip shapes as well as two different valve types. (Read
more...)
August 20, 2009
Transradial
Angioplasty Training Course Announced for Scranton,
Pennsylvania
To help meet the need for training of cardiologists and staff in the technique
of transradial access for angioplasty and stenting, Pennsylvania-based Drs.
Samir B. Pancholy and Ian Gilchrist have organized a one-day training course
in the method. The didactic course will be held on October 10, 2009 at the
Hilton Scranton & Conference Center. (Read
more...)
July 28, 2009
Transradial
Wrist Angioplasty Safe and Effective in Treatment
of Heart Attack
For patients having the most serious form of heart attack, a new study from
the United Kingdom concludes that primary angioplasty performed from the wrist "is
safe, with comparable outcomes to a femoral approach and a lower risk of vascular
complications." (Read
more...)
May 20, 2009
Interview
with Jennifer Tremmel, MD
Dr. Tremmel is Director of Transradial Interventions at Stanford Medical Center
and Clinical Director of Women's Heart Health at Stanford Clinic. Within 6
months of learning the radial technique, she was doing 100% radial angioplasties,
reducing complications from bleeding to near zero. (Read
more...)
April 17, 2009
Transradial
Angioplasty at ACC.09
A summary of all studies concerning transradial access that were presented
during the American College of Cardiology 58th Annual Scientific Session held
March 29-31, 2009. The take-away message from these studies was that the radial
approach is comparable in success rate to the femoral with significantly lower
complications. Radial access also makes possible same-day discharge of patients
after stenting. (Read
more...)
April 17, 2009
Angioplasty
from the Wrist: Interest is Growing But Lack of Training
Limits Spread in U.S.
U.S. cardiologists who practice the radial approach have identified lack of
training opportunities as a major roadblock to its proliferation. Yet at this
year's ACC.09, one of the largest cardiology conferences in the U.S., exposure
to studies involving the transradial approach was limited to six poster presentations
and one 15-minute oral presentation. (Read
more...)
April 6, 2009
Cardiology
Sites Taking Notice of the Radial Approach to PCI
Two polls on web sites for cardiology professionals are gauging the interest
and popularity of the transradial (wrist) approach to angioplasty and stenting
-- and the results are surprising, considering the low utilization of radial
in the U.S. (Read
more...)
February 6, 2009
Vote
for Radial!
This week's poll on theheart.org is about the transradial (wrist) approach
to catheterization and angioplasty. The question is "Should radial access become
the default choice for PCI?" (Read
more...)
January 30, 2009
Wrist
Angioplasty Gaining Acceptance in U.S.
Over the past year, the transradial approach, doing angioplasty and inserting
coronary stents using the wrist as the access site, has gotten significant
attention. Peer-reviewed studies and presentations at meetings have consistently
shown decreased bleeding complications, increased patient comfort and safety,
and lower cost. (Read
more...)
January 19, 2009
Transradial
Access from the Wrist is Safer, Easier For Many Patients
Undergoing Angioplasty or Stenting of Blocked Heart
Arteries
Every year, about one million Americans opt for angioplasty over bypass surgery
to open their blocked arteries. New data suggests that beginning the angioplasty
procedure by entering through the wrist, rather than through the groin, will
make it safer and easier on patients. (Read
more...)
January 12, 2009
Radial
Access Session to be Featured at ISET 2009
The 21st annual ISET meeting in Florida, being held January 18-22, 2009, is
featuring a special concurrent session on Monday, January 19 from 4:30-6:00pm.
Titled "Radial Access Techniques and Applications", Dr. Ramon Quesada of Baptist
Cardiac and Vascular Institute in Miami will moderate a panel with Jeffrey
J. Popma, MD of St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston and Ron Caputo, MD of
St. Joseph's Hospital Cardiology Associates in Syracuse, New York. (Read
more...)
January 5, 2009
Leading
Interventional Cardiologists Discuss the Advantages
of Transradial Access
Angioplasty.Org is making available a one-hour online symposium, titled "Transradial
Access: The Advantages to You, Your Patient and Hospital", with a panel of
four leading interventional cardiologists: Dr. Jeffrey Popma, Dr. Ramon Quesada,
Dr. Ron Caputo and Dr. Shigeru Saito. The original symposium was held during
the 2008 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting on October
16 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC and is being presented
through a partnership of Angioplasty.Org, TCTMD.com and Terumo Medical Corporation. (Read
more...)
January 1, 2009
New
England Journal Criticizes CBS News on Transradial
Angioplasty Report
From the Editor's Blog: I approached Susan Dentzer's article, "Communicating
Medical News - Pitfalls of Health Care Journalism", published in today's issue
of the New England Journal of Medicine, with great interest. I unfortunately
was a bit disappointed, specifically with her criticism of a September 24,
2008 CBS News segment about transradial angioplasty. (Read
more...)
December 3, 2008
Presentation
on Transradial Angioplasty at 8th Annual Meeting
of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Catheter
Therapeutics
At this year's 8th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular
Catheter Therapeutics, held in Kyoto from November 23-25, world-renown French
cardiologist Dr. Thierry Lefevre presented a comprehensive overview of radial
angioplasty, not just from the French experience, but worldwide -- complete
with calculations of cost-effectiveness, reports of lower complications, safety,
and indications of patient comfort. (Read
more...)
November 20, 2008
Radial
Angioplasty and Angiography Safer For Elderly Patients
A new German study reports that the use of the wrist for catheter access results
in lower bleeding and vascular complications for patients 75 years and older.
A recent study from China found similar safety for elderly patients who presented
with acute myocardial infarction. (Read
more...)
November 20, 2008
Radial
Angioplasty Training at Maricopa Medical Center in
Phoenix
Several recent international studies have shown that catheterizations, angioplasty
and stent placement, when performed from the wrist, result in lower bleeding
complications, and are associated with a significant reduction in mortality.
Even so, the wrist approach, also called transradial access, is performed in
less than 4 out of 100 patients in the United States, although in Canada, Europe
and Asia, use of the technique is far more common. One reason, says Dr. Mehrdad
Saririan of Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, is that "there are a lot of
myths surrounding radial procedures." (Read
more...)
November 11, 2008
Study:
Terumo TR Band™ Hemostasis Device Reduces Radial
Artery Occlusion by 56%
A new study, conducted by Dr. Samir B. Pancholy of Mercy Hospital in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, shows that the concept of "guided compression" in transradial
procedures can reduce radial artery occlusion by 56%, especially when facilitated
by the use of the TR Band™ Hemostasis Device. (Read
more...)
November 11, 2008
Interview
with Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACC, FSCAI
In this interview, Angioplasty.Org talks with radialist Dr. Samir Pancholy
about his findings regarding the prevention of radial artery occlusion, one
of the few complications associated with the transradial approach to catheter-based
procedures. (Read
more...)
September 25, 2008
Is
Radial Angioplasty at a Turning Point in U.S.?
Two recent large-scale studies confirm what a small but growing number of interventional
cardiologists have seen in their own practices: for the proper patients, catheterizations
and angioplasties performed from the wrist (radial) artery are safer than those
performed from the groin (leg) artery, with no difference in procedural success. (Read
more...)
September 24, 2008
CBS
Goes Radial
Commentary from the Editor's Blog -- CBS Network's "Early Show" does a segment
with Dr. Howard Cohen on "the New Angioplasty" -- from the wrist. (Read
more...)
September 21, 2008
Terumo
Announces Educational Programs for Transradial Catheterization
and Angioplasty to be Held at the 2008 TCT Meeting
Terumo Interventional Systems has announced a number of activities, symposia
and workshops, as part of the 2008 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics
(TCT) meeting being held October 12-17, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center
in Washington DC. (Read
more...)
September 16, 2008
Angioplasty
from the Radial Artery in the Wrist is Safer, Says
Study of 600,000 Patients
A study, published in the current issue of the Journal of the American College
of Cardiology: Cardiac Interventions, looked at 593,094 angioplasty and stent
patients and found that those patients who had procedures done from the radial
or wrist artery experienced 58% less bleeding complications than those who
had their procedures done from the femoral artery in the groin -- yet the radial
approach is used less than 2% of the time in the U.S. (Read
more...)
September 15, 2008
Interview
with Tak W. Kwan, MD, FACC, FACP
In this interview, Angioplasty.Org discusses the transradial approach to catheterization
and intervention with Dr. Tak Kwan. For a number of years, Dr. Kwan has worked
closely with Dr. John Coppola of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. Both
Dr. Kwan and Dr.Coppola traveled to India in 2003 to learn the radial technique
from Dr. Tejus Patel. (Read
more...)
September 15, 2008
Transradial
Cardiac Catheterizations Using Optitorque™ Catheters
A white paper by Drs. Tak Kwan and Jared S. Corriel describes the use of Terumo's
Optitorque™ catheter for performing transradial cardiac catheterizations.
The authors conclude that the use of this single catheter, which can be used
for both the left and right coronary angiograms, as well as the left ventriculogram,
has the potential to significantly reduce procedure cost and time, complications,
and patient discomfort. (Read
more...)
July 20, 2008
Radial
Angioplasty Training at St. Vincent's Hospital in
New York
Dr. John T. Coppola and Dr. Tak Kwan of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan
have announced their third training course in the transradial technique for
catheterization, angioplasty and stenting. Their June course was fully enrolled
weeks in advance. (Read
more...)
June 26, 2008
Interview
with Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC
In its ongoing series of interviews with practitioners of the transradial approach
to catheterization and interventions, Angioplasty.Org discusses how and why
Dr. Cohen decided to specialize in this alternative vascular access technique.
Also featured is Dr. Cohen's tutorial slide show. (Read
more...)
June 10, 2008
Interview
with Shigeru Saito, MD
One of the world's leading educators and practitioners of transradial coronary
intervention, Dr. Shigeru Saito discusses how he introduced the technique to
Japan a decade ago and makes recommendations for physicians interested in starting
their own practice. (Read
more...)
June 10, 2008
Interest
in Transradial Angioplasty Growing Among U.S. Cardiologists
In many countries around the world, angioplasty or stenting is done through
an artery in the wrist 30-50% of the time. A recent study reported half the
bleeding complications and lower mortality with this method. Yet in the United
States, the use of this technique, called transradial angioplasty, remains
in the low single digits. One of the reasons has to do with the training of
interventional cardiologists. (Read
more...)
May 10, 2008
New
Radial Angioplasty Course Set for St. Vincent's Hospital
in New York
Following up on his April course, Dr. John T. Coppola, Chairman of Cardiology
at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, will be presenting a two-day hands-on
training course for cardiologists on the clinical, didactic and practical aspects
of Transradial Access. The course will be held on June 12-13, 2008 at St. Vincent's
Hospital in Greenwich Village, New York. Course Co-Director is Dr. Tak Kwan
and special Guest Faculty is world-famous interventionalist, Dr. Shigeru Saito
of Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan. (Read
more...)
May 2, 2008
Another
Way To Rescue A Threatened Heart: Through The Wrist
(Susan Jenks, Florida Today)
Cardiologists say operation takes less nursing care, space, recovery time.
Norberto Schechtmann, vice chairman of the cardiology department at Holmes
Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, is one of several local cardiologists
who uses the radial artery as an alternative way to reach the heart, often
to relieve severe angina or chest pains. Patients who are obese or suffer from
peripheral artery disease, making groin access too difficult, can benefit the
most, he said. (Read
more...)
March 19, 2008
Wrist
Angioplasty Associated with 50% Less Blood Transfusions
and Lower Mortality
A study of over 30,000 patients that examined every angioplasty done in British
Columbia from 1999-2005 was just published online (before print) in the British
journal "Heart" and the conclusion carries an important message for the interventional
cardiology community: trans-radial access was associated with a halving of
transfusion rate and a reduction in 30 day and 1 year mortality. (Read
more...)
March 14, 2008
Radial
Angioplasty Course Set for St. Vincent's Hospital
in New York
Dr. John T. Coppola, Chairman of Cardiology at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan,
will be presenting his annual one-day course for cardiologists and related
healthcare professionals, titled, "Complex Interventions via the Transradial
Route", on April 2, 2008. The course is free of charge. (Read
more...)
February 17, 2008
Angioplasty
from the Wrist: Transradial Approach Offers Benefits
to Patients and Physicians
(Special Feature -- Angioplasty.Org)
Last week two catheterization suites at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City
were taken over by cardiologists Dr. Howard Cohen and Dr. Kirk Garratt in order
to teach visiting cardiologists how to perform angioplasty in a different way
-- from the wrist. (Read
more...)
February 13, 2008
New
Terumo Glidecath® Catheter Yashiro Tip Shape
Improves Access to Celiac Artery
Terumo Interventional Systems' proven Glidecath Hydrophilic Coated catheter
product line makes way for the Yashiro tip shape; a new, three-dimensional
U-shape tip for optimal entry to the celiac trunk. (Read
more...)
February 12, 2008
Terumo
Interventional Systems Expands Its Renowned Glidewire® Hydrophilic
Coated Guidewire Product Line
With its unique double angle to facilitate the selection of vessels that lie
at, or originate at, difficult to access angles and take-offs, the Bolia curve
is among the new additions to the Terumo Glidewire Hydrophilic Coated Guidewire
product line. (Read
more...)
October 16, 2007
Terumo
Interventional Systems Launches New Radial Artery
Compression Device
Terumo Interventional Systems announces the launch of the TR Band, a radial
artery compression device designed to safely and comfortably stop bleeding
after transradial procedures. The TR Band sets a new standard of excellence
with its easy-to-apply transparent band and precision pressure balloons that
enable unobstructed visualization and monitoring of radial artery compression
- all while preventing numbness and pain for enhanced patient comfort. (Read
more...)
January 11, 2007
Terumo
Interventional Systems Launches Pinnacle® R/O
II HiFlo for Superficial Access
(source: Terumo Medical Corporation)
Terumo now is making available a new 4 cm. stiff introducer sheath , used in
situations where superficial access is necessary and where the lesion to be
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