The Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has emphasized the need for better training and education to learn transradial approach techniques.
The radial approach for coronary angiography, first reported in 1989 by Dr L Campeau in Montreal (Canada) and then adapted by others several years later for angioplasty, is now used in over 75 countries.
« I have no concern if they use my wrist again to check my heart. »
- Laurent C, patient
Cardiac catheterization by the radial approach uses the arm artery to access the heart, as opposed to the traditional leg artery, or femoral artery. The reasons to do this are quite simple.
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TRICO 2015
31 October - 1 November
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
AIM-RADIAL at Transradial Masterclass UK 2015
17 - 18 September
Liverpool, UK
TransRadial Endovascular Advanced Therapies 2015
24 April
New York, NY, USA
Radialists honored at EuroPCR
June 17 2015
Ferdinand Kiemeneij and Shigeru Saito honored at EuroPCR 2015. (PARIS, France) -EuroPCR, the annual meeting of the European Association for Percutaneous …
Radiation Exposure Survey
October 10 2013
Radiation exposure survey from the University of Illinois at Chicago. By Mladen Vidovich, MD, Department of Cardiology, University of Illinois at …
Transradial Access at SCAI 2013 Scientific Sessions
June 07 2013
Transradial coronary artery angiography was a major focus at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Interventions (SCAI) 2013 Scientific Sessions. http://www.dicardiology.com/article/trends-and-advances-transradial-access …
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