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Radial approach to right heart catheterization: Early experience with a promising technique
Author(s) -
Gilchrist Ian C.,
Kharabsheh Suleiman,
Nickolaus Michelle J.,
Reddy Rallapalli
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10069
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac catheterization , radial artery , forearm , right heart catheterization , cardiology , heart catheterization , wrist , surgery , radiology , artery , hemodynamics
Transradial cardiac catheterization has been historically limited to arterial catheterization. Using small‐diameter introducers and catheters, a technique of combined right and left heart catheterization is described using both the radial artery and its neighboring vein. Evaluation of 55 sequential right and left heart procedures showed that it could be accomplished in > 50% using venous access in the forearm. This approach has many potential advantages, although the ability to access routinely both venous and arterial vessels at the level of the wrist is unclear. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:20–22. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.