Transradial access through the anatomical snuffbox: Results of a feasibility study.


Journal

Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese
ISSN: 2241-5955
Titre abrégé: Hellenic J Cardiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101257381

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 15 12 2019
revised: 28 01 2020
accepted: 09 02 2020
pubmed: 7 3 2020
medline: 19 8 2021
entrez: 6 3 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Distal transradial access (dTRA), through the anatomical snuffbox (AS) of the hand, is a novel, potentially beneficial, vascular access for patients undergoing coronary procedures. Consecutive patients with an indication for coronary angiography and/or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled in our tertiary center, from November 2018 to March 2019. The success rate of the procedure, the incidence of local complications, the time required for hemostasis, and the incidence of radial artery occlusion (RAO) were evaluated. Α total of 167 patients were catheterized through the dTRA (79.6% men, 20.4% women), with a median age of 64 years. The indication for catheterization was ACS in 80 (47.9%) patients, stable coronary artery disease in 51 (30.5%) patients, and other reasons in 36 (21.6%) patients. Fifty patients (32.9%) underwent PCI. Successful sheath insertion was recorded in 152 (91.0%) patients. The mean time to hemostasis after sheath removal was 52 ± 11 min. Vascular access site complications were evaluated with ultrasound in 62 (40.8%) of the enrolled patients, 40 ± 15 days after the procedure. Among them, 2 (3.2%) patients presented with arteriovenous fistula, and 2 (3.2%) patients with local occlusion at the puncture site within the AS and distal to the transverse ligament, with preservation of the patency of the radial artery proximal to the radial styloid process. The dTRA may be a feasible and safe access site for diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures, with decreased incidence of RAO and time required for hemostasis compared to classical radial artery access.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Distal transradial access (dTRA), through the anatomical snuffbox (AS) of the hand, is a novel, potentially beneficial, vascular access for patients undergoing coronary procedures.
METHOD METHODS
Consecutive patients with an indication for coronary angiography and/or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled in our tertiary center, from November 2018 to March 2019. The success rate of the procedure, the incidence of local complications, the time required for hemostasis, and the incidence of radial artery occlusion (RAO) were evaluated.
RESULTS RESULTS
Α total of 167 patients were catheterized through the dTRA (79.6% men, 20.4% women), with a median age of 64 years. The indication for catheterization was ACS in 80 (47.9%) patients, stable coronary artery disease in 51 (30.5%) patients, and other reasons in 36 (21.6%) patients. Fifty patients (32.9%) underwent PCI. Successful sheath insertion was recorded in 152 (91.0%) patients. The mean time to hemostasis after sheath removal was 52 ± 11 min. Vascular access site complications were evaluated with ultrasound in 62 (40.8%) of the enrolled patients, 40 ± 15 days after the procedure. Among them, 2 (3.2%) patients presented with arteriovenous fistula, and 2 (3.2%) patients with local occlusion at the puncture site within the AS and distal to the transverse ligament, with preservation of the patency of the radial artery proximal to the radial styloid process.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The dTRA may be a feasible and safe access site for diagnostic and interventional coronary procedures, with decreased incidence of RAO and time required for hemostasis compared to classical radial artery access.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32135274
pii: S1109-9666(20)30033-6
doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.02.002
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

201-205

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Hellenic Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Grigorios Tsigkas (G)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece. Electronic address: grigoriostsigkas@gmail.com.

Athanasios Moulias (A)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Aggeliki Papageorgiou (A)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Ioannis Ntouvas (I)

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Nikolaos Grapsas (N)

Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Stefanos Despotopoulos (S)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Anastasios Apostolos (A)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Amalia Papanikolaou (A)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Kalliopi Smaili (K)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Georgios Vasilagkos (G)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Periklis Davlouros (P)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

Georgios Hahalis (G)

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece.

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