Distal Transradial Access (dTRA) for Coronary Angiography and Interventions: A Quality Improvement Step Forward?

Distal Transradial Access (dTRA) for Coronary Angiography and Interventions: A Quality Improvement Step Forward? J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Sep;32(9):E238-E239 Authors: Oliveira MDP, Caixeta A Abstract Distal TRA is a novel access site in the interventional cardiology field, with current data demonstrating high success and infrequent complication rates - global procedural metrics that are comparable with historical proximal TRA. Distal TRA may conversely provide important advantages over proximal TRA, including patient comfort, shorter hemostasis time, and lower radial artery occlusion rates. PMID: 32865510 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research