title: Initial experience with transradial access for carotid artery stenting.
abstract: We report our experience using transradial access (TRA) for carotid artery stenting (CAS). Eighty-eight patients underwent CAS using a nonfemoral approach, 79 of them by TRA. Carotid artery stenting was performed using standard techniques with a long hydrophilic sheath. Mean age was 69.5 years. A total of 46 patients were symptomatic and 34 were asymptomatic. Transradial access and procedural success were achieved in 98.8% and 96.6% of the cases, respectively. There were no deaths, myocardial infarction, or radial access site complications. In all, 2 patients sustained a stroke, 1 hemorrhage, and 1 ischemia. Carotid artery stenting using TRA was safe and technically feasible.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario, Fundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. omendiz@ffavaloro.org
authors.forename: Oscar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mendiz
authors.forename: Alberto H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sampaolesi
authors.forename: Hugo F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Londero
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: Gustavo A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lev
authors.forename: Leon R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Valdivieso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001118:Argentina; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome