There are a number of notable differences between transradial and transfemoral catheterization techniques, mostly stemming from the fact that the radial artery is smaller (typically 2.5-mm to 3-mm ...

“Those are very selected cases, but in the majority of patients, I still believe that the radial should not be used after transradial catheterization. This study does not change that in my opinion.” ...

Transradial catheterization requires higher-dose heparin (5,000 units recommended) than the transfemoral approach.

Transradial catheterization uses a vein or artery in the wrist to take pictures of the heart arteries, to access the pulmonary artery in the lungs or the right side of the heart, or to measure ...

Despite this test’s known diagnostic and prognostic shortcomings 16, 17 and the low incidence of clinically significant ulnar artery occlusion, 18 results from modified Allen tests have served to ...

Transradial catheterization—when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm—is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. A recent analysis of ...

The transradial catheterization technique was pioneered by a Dr. Lucien Campeau, a French-Canadian physician, in 1989, and in August 1992, the first patients were treated with this procedure at ...

"The big advantage [of transradial catheterization entry] is elimination of groin complications, some of which can be pretty bad. Is it safe for the brain? It's probably okay, but that needs more ...

Analysis of cardiovascular registry data suggests that cardiologists who practice femoral cardiac catheterization can convert to safer transradial approaches with a learning experience of 30–50 ...

Transradial catheterization -- when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm -- is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions.