Balloon‐assisted tracking: A must‐know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach

Patel, Tejas; Shah, Sanjay; Pancholy, Samir; V. Rao, Sunil; F. Bertrand, Olivier; Kwan, Tak

doi:10.1002/ccd.24959

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Balloon‐assisted tracking: A must‐know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach

Published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions • Apr 16, 2013

Authors:

Tejas Patel

Sanjay Shah

Samir Pancholy

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the use and outcomes of balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) technique for dealing with complexities of arm and chest vasculature during transradial approach (TRA) at a single high volume radial center. BACKGROUND: TRA has been used for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary...

Subject

Medicine

Conventional PCI

Radial artery

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