The transradial approach for coronary angiography was first described in 1989. With
the advent of modern equipment and improved technology it has recently gained significant
interest amongst interventional cardiologists. As compared to femoral access, the
radial approach has the major advantages of lower access site complication rates,
cost-effectiveness, and shorter hospital stays. Further clinical benefits of lower
morbidity and cardiac mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
have been shown recently. Rare vascular complications may include radial artery spasm,
dissection, occlusion, perforation or compartment syndrome. Here, we present two unusual
cases of an entrapped catheter in the radial artery and their outcomes.
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Publication history
Published online: October 31, 2013
Accepted:
September 28,
2013
Received in revised form:
August 11,
2013
Received:
July 8,
2013
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© 2013 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
