Right radial access is the preferred approach in most cases. The optimal access site is 2 cm proximal to the styloid process of the radius bone along the axis with the most powerful pulsation of the ...

Despite the introduction of medications to prevent blocking and spasm, long-term graft patency of the radial artery as a bypass conduit has been questioned. Here, Desai and colleagues compare the ...

April 5, 2011 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — The radial artery has outperformed the saphenous vein as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a five-year follow-up of patients with ...

The use of radial-artery grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) may result in better postoperative outcomes than the use of saphenous-vein grafts. However, randomized, controlled trials ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . "Distal radial artery access is a safe strategy for access for cardiac catheterization with a low complication ...

...surgeons have a choice between using the radial artery or a saphenous vein graft... For many years, the surgeon's graft of choice for patients undergoing CABG surgery has been the left internal ...

Medtronic announced it has received CE Mark approval for its radial artery access portfolio, which includes the Rist 079 Radial Access Guide Catheter and Rist Radial Access Selective Catheter. The ...

Patients undergoing PCI via the ulnar artery fare just as well as those treated with the radial approach, although there is a higher rate of access-site failure with the ulnar artery that is likely ...