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Journal and Online Articles
The
Association Of Arterial Access Site At Angioplasty With Transfusion
And Mortality The M.O.R.T.A.L Study: (Mortality benefit of Reduced
Transfusion After PCI via the Arm or Leg)
Alex J Chase, Eric B Fretz, William
P Warburton, W Peter Klinke, Ronald G Carere, David Pi, Brian
Berry and J David Hilton
Heart Online
March 10, 2008
In a registry of all-comers to PCI, we analysed 38,872 procedures in 32,822
patients in British Columbia. Trans-radial access was associated with a halving
of transfusion rate and a reduction in 30 day and 1 year mortality.
Reconsideration
of the Transradial Approach for PCI (PDF)
Ronald. P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cardiac Interventions Today
December 2007
The Transradial approach fro PCI eliminates access site
bleeding complications which may pose the largest risk to patients
undergoing PCI in the modern era
Essential Technical Components of the Transradial Approach
Ronald. P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cath Lab Digest
September 2007
ISSN: 1073-2667 - Volume 15 - Issue 09 - September
2007 - Pages: 38 - 39
Objective: Compelling reasons to consider transradial catheterization
include the virtual elimination of bleeding complications, more efficient
patient throughput, patient preference and possible economic advantages.
Cost-Effectiveness
of the Radial versus Femoral Artery Approach to Diagnostic Cardiac
Catheterization
Oleg Roussanov, MD, S. Jeanne Wilson, RN,
Katherine Henley, FNP, Greta Estacio, FNP, Judith Hill, FNP, Brenda
Dogan, RN, William F. Henley, PhD, Nabil Jarmukli, MD
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
August 2007
J Invasive Cardiol. 2007 Aug;19(8):349-53
Objective: A single-center experience to determine the cost effectiveness
of the radial artery approach to diagnostic cardiac catheterization compared
with femoral artery approach in two groups; one with and one without utilization
of a vascular closure device.
Commentary:
Cost-effectiveness of Transradial Coronary Access
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
August 2007
J Invasive Cardiol. 2007 Aug;19(8):354 - 354
Day
procedure intervention is safe and complication free in higher
risk patients undergoing transradial angioplasty and stenting.
The discharge study
Andrew Small, MBBS, Peter Klinke,
MD, Anthony Della Siega, MD, Eric Fretz, MD, David Kinloch,
MD, Richard Mildenberger, MD, Malcolm Williams, MD, David
Hilton, MD
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
published online July 9, 2007
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 70:
907-912 (2007)
Alternate
Route — Comparing Radial and Femoral Access
Dan Harvey, Radiology Today
May 21, 2007
Vol. 8 No. 10 P. 30
Editorial
-- The Case for Outpatient Coronary Intervention: Balancing Charges
and Discharges
Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc
Circulation
May 1, 2007
(Circulation. 2007;115:2248-2250.)
Interruption of Blood Flow during Compression and Radial Artery
Occlusion after Transradial Catheterization
Marcelo Sanmartin, PhD, FESC, Manica Gomez, RN, Jose Ramon Runoroso,
MD, Mario Sadaba, MD, Maite Martinez, RN, Jose Santonio Baz, MD,
and Andres Iniguez, PhD, FESC
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
published online January 3, 2007
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 70: 185-189 (2007)
Objective: "To analyze the possible relationship between compression
after transradial catheterization and radial artery occlusion".
Randomized
Trial Comparing Same-Day Discharge With Overnight Hospital Stay
After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results of the Elective
PCI in Outpatient Study (EPOS)
Gerlind S. Heyde, MD; Karel T. Koch, MD, PhD;
Robbert J. de Winter, MD, PhD; Marcel G.W. Dijkgraaf, PhD; Margriet
I. Klees, RN; Lea M. Dijksman, MSc; Jan J. Piek, MD, PhD; Jan G.P.
Tijssen, PhD
Circulation
December 12, 2006
(Circulation. 2006;114:2636-2643.) Dec 12, 2006
A
Randomized Study Comparing Same-Day Home Discharge and Abciximab
Bolus Only to Overnight Hospitalization and Abciximab Bolus and
Infusion After Transradial Coronary Stent Implantation
Olivier F. Bertrand, MD, PhD; Robert De
Larochellière, MD; Josep Rodés-Cabau, MD; Guy Proulx,
MD; Onil Gleeton, MD; Can Manh Nguyen, MD; Jean-Pierre Déry,
MD, MSc; Gérald Barbeau, MD; Bernard Noël, MD; Éric
Larose, DVM, MD; Paul Poirier, MD, PhD; Louis Roy, MD, for the
Early Discharge After Transradial Stenting of Coronary Arteries
(EASY) Study Investigators
Circulation
December 12, 2006
(Circulation. 2006;114:2578-2580.)
Bleeding
complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing
early invasive management can be reduced with radial access,
smaller sheath sizes, and timely sheath removal
Warren J. Cantor, MD, Kenneth W. Mahaffey,
MD, Zhen Huang, MS, Pranab Das, MD, Dietrich C. Gulba, MD,
Stanislav Glezer, MD, Richard Gallo, MD, John Ducas, MD, Marc
Cohen, MD, Elliott M. Antman, MD, Anatoly Langer, MD, Neal
S. Kleiman, MD, Harvey D. White, MD, Robert J. Chisholm, MD, Robert
A. Harrington, MD, James J. Ferguson, MD, Robert M. Califf,
MD, Shaun G. Goodman, MD
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
published online November 30, 2006
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 69:
73-83 (2006)
Objective: Utilizing procedural data from the SYNERGY trial to determine the
impact of the procedural access site, sheath size and timely sheath removal on
bleeding complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Editorial: Risk of Bleeding after Elective Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention
William W. O'Neill, M.D.
New England Journal of Medicine
September 7, 2006
Volume 355:1058-1060 September 7, 2006 Number 10
Letters to the Editor:
Use of the Allen's Test and Transradial Catheterization
David Hildick-Smith, MD
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Published online August 25, 2006
J Am Coll Cardiol,
2006; 48:1287, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.022
Objective: There is no evidence that a normal Allen's test is required
for the safe undertaking of a transradial procedure.
Radial Artery Diameter and Vasodilatory Properties After Transradial
Coronary Angiography
Erik Madssen, RF, Petter Haere, MD, Rune
Wiseth, MD, PhD
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
June 2006
Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1698-1702
Objective: The radial artery is proposed as an alternative conduit
in coronary revascularization.
Routine Transradial Coronary Angiography in Unselected Patients
Henning Bagger, MD, Jens Hedegaard Kristensen, MD, Per Dahl Christensen,
MD, Ib Christian Klausen, MD
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
March 2005
ISSN: 1042-3931 - Volume 17
- Issue 03 - Pages: 139 - 141
Objective: To measure and compare the results of changing from routine
transfemoral to routine transradial coronary angiography performed
by a single operator.
Commentary
-- Transradial Catheterization: The Road Less Traveled
Nitin Barman, MD, John H. Chiu, MD, Stephen
G. Ellis, MD
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
November 2004
ISSN: 1042-3931 - Volume 16 - Issue 11 (Nov 04) - November 2004 - Pages: 639
- 640
Transradial Subclavian and Coronary Stenting in a Single Procedure
Frances Wood, MD, J. Tift Mann, III, MD, R. Lee Jobe, MD, Michael
Arrowood, PA-C
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
October 2004
ISSN: 1042-3931 - Volume 16
- Issue 10 (October 04) - October 2004 - Pages: 596 - 598
Objective: The transradial approach is a useful technique in patients
undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Radial artery access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary
intervention
R Andrew Archbold, Nicholas M Robinson,
Richard J Schilling
British Medical Journal
August 21, 2004
BMJ 2004;329(7463):443 (21 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7463.443
Transradial
Access for Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty: A Novel Approach
(PDF)
V Y T Lim, C N S Chan, V Kwok, K H Mak, T H Koh
Singapore Medical Journal
Singapore Med J 2003 Vol 44(11) : 563-569
Anomalous
Origin of Right Radial Artery as a Cause of Radial Approach Failure
of Coronary Angiography (PDF)
John Gourassas, Usama Albedd, Christodoulos E. Papadopoulos, Georgios
Louridas
January 2003
Hellenic J Cardiol 44: 226-229, 2003
Transradial Approach for Diagnostic Selective Cerebral Angiography:
Results of a Consecutive Series of 166 Cases
Yasushi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Hongo, Toshihide Toriyama, Hisashi
Nagashima and Shigeaki Kobayashi
April 2001
American Journal of Neuroradiology 22:704-708 (4 2001)
Radial
Artery Access for Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures (PDF)
Steven L. Almany, MD, FACC,
William W. O'Neill, MD, FACC
1999 by Accumed Systems,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ask
the Expert: Benefits of transradial access
Terumo Medical Corporation
Executive Healthcare Management
Objective: Coronary interventions have become a more-widespread, preferred
solution for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Other Web Sites
Radial
Force Group
The European web site of the
group that pioneered the radial approach.
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