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A novel nonpharmacologic technique to remove entrapped radial sheath
Author(s) -
Pancholy Samir B.,
Karuparthi Poorna Rajasekhar,
Gulati Rajiv
Publication year - 2014
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.25593
Subject(s) - medicine , radial artery , entrapment , peripheral , artery , cardiology , surgery
Radial artery access for performance of coronary and peripheral diagnostic as well as interventional procedures is on the rise. With increasing adoption comes the expected increase in procedural complications. We describe a novel, simple, and effective nonpharmacologic solution for sheath entrapment related to pharmaco‐resistant radial artery spasm. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.