BEST PRACTICES FOR TRANSRADIAL APPROACH IN DIAGNOSTIC ANGIOGRAPHY AND INTERVENTION

Best Practices for Transradial Approach in Diagnostic Angiography and Intervention provides an innovative, patient-friendly approach to percutaneous coronary intervention, delivering authoritative guidance on the procedures, as well as solid evidence from clinical studies and experienced facilities. Learn from pioneers and experts in the field how you can improve patient care and optimize outcomes using this efficient and cost-effective technique.
- Increase your knowledge of the tremendous recent advancements to the transradial approach, and learn the clinical advantages and benefits of this approach compared with the standard femoral approach.
- Benefit from the combined knowledge of a team of worldwide experts who provide practical “tips and tricks” that help you make the most of this globally acknowledged technique in your practice.
- Gain insight into all relevant aspects of transradial coronary access, from basic facts and procedural details to complications and non-coronary interventions.
- Examine an up-to-date, in-depth review and critical analysis of data available in the literature.
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Authors
Olivier Bertrand
Interventional Cardiologist. Quebec Heart-Lung Institute. Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine. Laval University. Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. McGill University. Director. CAIC Transradial Interventions Working Group. Quebec City, Canada
Sunil Rao
Associate Professor with Tenure. Duke University Medical Center. Section Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine. Durham VA Medical Center. Durham, North Carolina.

Table of Contents
1. Historical and Epidemiological Note
2. Access Site Bleeding and Non-Access Site Bleeding
3. Best Practice in Transradial Approach for Angiography and Intervention: General Overview, Patient Preparation and Selection
4. Vascularization, Anatomy, Variants
5. Anatomy, Tortuosities, Access Difficulties
6. Radial Artery Versus Ulnar Artery Catheterization
7. Tips and Tricks for Diagnostic Angiography and Intervention
8. Slender Catheters and Techniques
9. Radial Artery Spasm and Abnormal Flow Reserve
10. Hemostasis and Radial Artery Occlusion
11. The Learning Curve for Transradial Coronary Angiography and Intervention
12. Complications of Transradial Catheterization
13. Right Heart Catheterization Using the Arm: Total Wrist Approach for Diagnosis and Intervention
14. Coronary Interventions: 5 Fr Versus 6-7 Fr
15. Primary and Rescue PCI
16. Transradial Approach for Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures in Patients with Coronary Bypass Grafts
17. Radial and Complex Coronary Interventions: Chronic Occlusion
18. Radial Approach and Complex Coronary Interventions: Bifurcations
19. Transradial Percutaneous Revascularization for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: An Evolution in Evidence and Technique
20. Sheathless Guide Catheters
21. Radial Approach in the Elderly
22. Carotid, Femoral, Aorto-Iliac, and Renal Interventions
23. Radiation in Transradial Access
24. The Radial Approach and the Risk of Peri-Procedural Stroke
25. Nursing Workload
26. Quality of Life and Cost Effectiveness
27. Transradial Approach in Structural Heart Disease
28. Randomized Studies of Transradial Versus Transfemoral Coronary Approach
29. Conclusions and Future Directions