Peripheral arterial disease is an increasingly prevalent condition with significant associated
morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure. Endovascular interventions are …

Background: Prior studies of radial access for cardiac catheterization have focused on early
adopters of the technique, and some have described a risk/treatment paradox of low radial …

Objective There is an ongoing debate regarding the benefits of using transradial access
(TRA) over transfemoral access (TFA) in endovascular therapies including endovascular …

Introduction The minimalistic hybrid approach (MHA) is an algorithm to perform chronic total
occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The current study aims to …

Background Catheter-induced coronary artery dissection (CICAD) is a rare complication of
coronary angiography. The association between access site and CICAD remains unclear; …

Background The access site for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for
patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) recently shifted from femoral to …

Background While there has been an increase in the use of the transradial approach when
performing percutaneous coronary angiography and intervention, there is evidence of …

Introduction Transradial access (TRA) has rapidly emerged as the preferred vascular access
site for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Radial artery …

—Ancient Greek quote Conventional transradial access (TRA) has been established as the
gold standard for invasive coronary angiography and percutaneous interventions by the …

Background The effect of a single transradial guiding catheter (STGC) for culprit vessel
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) first on door-to-balloon (D2B) time remains …