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Radial artery access among mainstays of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: Is it time to forget how to puncture a femoral artery?
Author(s) -
Tarantini Giuseppe,
Giacoppo Daniele
Publication year - 2019
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.28487
Subject(s) - medicine , radial artery , percutaneous coronary intervention , femoral artery , percutaneous , coronary angiography , cardiology , angiography , artery , vascular access , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , myocardial infarction , hemodialysis
Key Points Radial artery access should be the default approach for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention regardless of the clinical presentation. Benefits of radial access are strongly depending on the volume of transradial procedures performed. Currently, a significant proportion of procedures continues to be performed by femoral access despite validated advantages associated with the transradial approach.