Strategies to increase the use of forearm approach during coronary angiography and interventions.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to focus on the utilization of forearm approach for cardiac catheterization in challenging groups of patients. Radial and ulnar approaches have gained significant popularity among the majority of interventional cardiologists. Multiple studies have demonstrated the feasibility, safety and efficacy of forearm route for cardiac catheterization and have highlighted the significant reduction in bleeding complications by avoiding the puncture of the groin. In this review we present the strategies need to be followed in order to apply the forearm approach in challenging group of patients.

• Authors: Aggeliki Rigatou, Eleftherios Kontopodis, Andreas Tassopoulos, Konstantinos Kintis, Georgios Nikitas, Sotirios Patsilinakos, Efstathios Lazaris, Michael Koutouzis
• Journal: Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions (Cardiovasc Revasc Med) Vol. 19 Issue 8 Pg. 980-984 (12 2018) ISSN: 1878-0938 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 30056020 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Cardiac Catheterization (standards)
• Coronary Angiography (methods)
• Coronary Artery Disease (diagnosis, surgery)
• Forearm (blood supply)
• Humans
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (methods)
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Radial Artery
• Ulnar Artery