The transradial approach is being increasingly adopted as preferred access site, since it is more comfortable for patients, reduces vascular and bleeding complications, is cost effective and reduces mortality in high risk patients. This has created concern about the fact that operators and institutions could become unfamiliar with the transfemoral approach. The aim of...
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Health system costs have increased significantly and there have been attempts to reduce it without compromising the quality of PCI outcomes. The benefits of the transradial approach combined with same day discharge could help reach this goal. This study included 279,987 MEDICARE PCI procedures where costs were analyzed. Cases...
Original title: Moderate Procedural Sedation and Opioid Analgesia During Transradial Coronary Interventions to Prevent Spasm. A Prospective Randomized Study. Reference: Spyridon Deftereos et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:267–73. The trans-radial approach has become the preferred diagnostic and therapeutic study for evidence of minor vascular complications, shorter hospital stays, less blood loss and better outcomes in acute...
Original title: Moderate Procedural Sedation and Opioid Analgesia During Transradial Coronary Interventions to Prevent Spasm. A Prospective Randomized Study. Reference: Spyridon Deftereos et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:267–73. The trans-radial approach has become the preferred diagnostic and therapeutic study for evidence of minor vascular complications, shorter hospital stays, less blood loss and better outcomes in acute...
Reference: Fox y colaboradores. Short-term Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation 2012 (in press). The presence of chronic renal failure is common in patients referred for angioplasty. Its presence is associated with increased mortality and bleeding. However, the prevalence is unknown as...