Best Practices for Transradial Approach in Diagnostic Angiographyand 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.
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Table Of Contents
CONTENTS

1. Historical and Epidemiological Note
Josef Ludwig and Harald Rittger
2. Access Site Bleeding and Non-Access Site Bleeding
Sunil V. Rao
3. Best Practice in Transradial Approach for Angiography and Intervention: General Overview, Patient Preparation and Selection
Alessandro Sciahbasi, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, and Enrico Ramagnoli
4. Vascularization, Anatomy, Variants
Ian C. Gilchrist
5. Anatomy, Tortuosities, Access Difficulties
Tejas Patel, Sanjay Shah, and Samir B. Pancholy
6. Radial Artery Versus Ulnar Artery Catheterization
Sasko Kedev
7. Tips and Tricks for Diagnostic Angiography and Intervention
Mauricio Cohen
8. Slender Catheters and Techniques
Yuji Ikari
9. Radial Artery Spasm and Abnormal Flow Reserve
Sudhir Rathore
10. Hemostasis and Radial Artery Occlusion
Altigani Abdelaal, Ivo Bernat, and Samir B. Pancholy
11. The Learning Curve for Transradial Coronary Angiography and Intervention
Basem Elbarouni and Asim N. Cheema
12. Complications of Transradial Catheterization
Olivier F. Bertrand, Gérald Barbeau, and Ferdinand Kiemeneij
13. Right Heart Catheterization Using the Arm: Total Wrist Approach for Diagnosis and Intervention
Ian C. Gilchrist
14. Coronary Interventions: 5 Fr Versus 6-7 Fr
Gioel Gabrio Secco and Pierfrancesco Agostoni
15. Primary and Rescue PCI
Sanjit S. Jolly and Ashok Gangasandra Basavaraj
16. Transradial Approach for Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures in Patients with Coronary Bypass Grafts
Francesco Burzotta, Marta Francesca Brancati, and Carlo Trani
17. Radial and Complex Coronary Interventions: Chronic Occlusion
Yves Louvard, Thomas Hovasse, Philippe Garot, Thierry Unterseeh, Hakim Benamer, and Thierry Lefevre
18. Radial Approach and Complex Coronary Interventions: Bifurcations
Vladimír D avíkand Nicholas Collins
19. Transradial Percutaneous Revascularization for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: An Evolution in Evidence and Technique
David E. Kandzari, Yue-Jin Yang, Bo Xu, and Run-Lin Gao
20. Sheathless Guide Catheters
Douglas Fraser and Giovanni Amoroso
21. Radial Approach in the Elderly
Eltigani Abdelaal and Warren J. Cantor
22. Carotid, Femoral, Aorto-Iliac, and Renal Interventions
J. Tift Mann III, John T. Coppola, Ravikiran Korabathina, Tejas Patel, and Rajiv Gulati
23. Radiation in Transradial Access
Gurbir Bhatia, Karim Ratib, Johannes B. Dahm, and James Nolan
24. The Radial Approach and the Risk of Peri-Procedural Stroke
Helen C. Routledge, Karim Ratib, and James Nolan
25. Nursing Workload
Bernadette S. Speiser and Giovanni Amoroso
26. Quality of Life and Cost Effectiveness
Adhir Shroff and Neal Sawlani
27. Transradial Approach in Structural Heart Disease
Amir H. Sadzadeh Rafie and Saibal Kar
28. Randomized Studies of Transradial Versus Transfemoral Coronary Approach
Jimmy MacHaalany and David Meerkin
29. Conclusions and Future Directions
Sunil V. Rao and Olivier F. Bertrand