title: Balloon-assisted tracking during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: Radial artery spasm is one of the most commonly encountered problems during transradial interventions with a reported incidence in the range of 6-10%. Balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) of guide catheter has recently been described as a novel technique to overcome difficult radial artery anatomies including tortuosity, loops and spasm. In this report, we describe the successful use of BAT in a patient with radial artery spasm during primary angioplasty.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Barts Health NHS Trust , UK.
authors: Antonios N
authors: AN
authors: Pavlidis
authors: Grigoris V
authors: GV
authors: Karamasis
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Rees
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Coronary disease; myocardial infarction