title: Radial access for primary PTCA in patients with acute myocardial infarction and contraindication or impossible femoral access.
abstract: We report two cases of acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in which femoral arterial access was either contraindicated or impossible. In both, emergency PTCA was successfully performed via the left radial artery. Including stent implantation in one patient, without entry site complication.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D000075202:Contraindications; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D017534:Radial Artery; D015607:Stents