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Today’s report from the ACC CathPCI Registry<\/a> 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. As I’ve discussed for several years now, the radial approach is utilized much more outside of the U.S. — but it is catching on here…finally.<\/p>\n

\"Dr.

Dr. Sunil V. Rao<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Four years ago we wrote about a study<\/a>, authored by Dr. Sunil V. Rao, that also used data from the CathPCI registry for the years 2004-2007. (For more information, read my interview with Dr. Rao<\/a>.) At that time Dr. Rao calculated the usage of transradial angioplasty in the U.S. at 1.32%.<\/p>\n

Today’s report tabulates it at 6.9%: a five-fold increase!<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Rao has been one of the main proponents of the transradial approach in the U.S., practicing it, teaching it, lecturing all over the country about it, and most recently co-directing a “Masters Course<\/a>” in transradial at Duke. So I asked Dr. Rao for his comments on today’s study, which follow:<\/p>\n

“I think the increase in radial has surprised everyone, especially since it is not a ‘new’ technique. \u00a0The clinical community has embraced it because of the data validating its superiority with respect to reducing vascular complications and, anecdotally, patients are coming in asking for radial approach. \u00a0Educationally, we and others, like SCAI, are meeting the demand for training, and this was hugely lacking in the past. \u00a0My guess is that radial will continue to grow. \u00a0I am not sure where we will end up, but as the new generation of interventional trainees go into practice, it may grow at rate that surprises everyone. \u00a0I also predict that we will be seeing more and more data on different aspects of radial approach. \u00a0To that end, there will be two issues of the American Heart Journal dedicated to radial papers – one coming out in a few weeks, and another in early 2013.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Rao believes that the adoption of radial has increased substantially since the latest tabulation…and the math would tend to bear this out. Virtually all the “radialists” (interventional cardiologists who have adopted the procedure) I’ve talked with do at least 50% of their procedures via the wrist; most do 80-90% that way. So for every single cardiologist who adopts this approach, hundreds of procedures annually become “transradial.” The math alone implies a steep exponential upward curve.<\/p>\n

More data about the use of the transradial approach in the treatment of heart attacks will be reported at next week’s TCT meeting in Miami. Also the entire afternoon session on Tuesday, October 23, will be devoted to transradial.<\/p>\n

For more information and background on the transradial approach, visit Angioplasty.Org’s Transradial Access Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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