title: Hand ischemia resulting from a transradial intervention: successful management with radial artery angioplasty.
abstract: We describe a case of hand ischemia resulting from transradial catheterization. This was successfully treated with angioplasty of the radial artery occlusion, but stresses the importance of a preprocedure evaluation of the dual blood supply to the hand before transradial access.
authors.affiliation: Wake Heart and Vascular Associates, Wake Heart Research, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rhyne
authors.forename: Tift
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency