title: Transradial approach for coronary angiography and interventions in patients with coronary bypass grafts: tips and tricks.
abstract: Among patients undergoing coronary procedures, patients with coronary artery bypass grafts represent an important, high risk subgroup. Routine transradial approach may be successfully adopted in these patients to reduce access-site complications. However, transradial cannulation of the grafts may result technically demanding. In this article we discuss the specific technical issues and we present a series of tips and tricks which may facilitate angiography and interventions on both internal mammary and aorto-coronary grafts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. f.burzotta@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burzotta
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trani
authors.forename: Martial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamon
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amoroso
authors.forename: Ferdinand
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kiemeneij
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery