title: Eliminate the sheath and maximize the working space: Sheathless transradial guiding catheters.
abstract: Use of a sheathless 6.5-F guide may provide an option for transradial access in patients with smaller radial arteries or in need of a larger diameter guide. This sheathless system avoids many of the problems inherent in home-made systems as it is hydrophilic coated and has a tight interface between components reducing vascular trauma on insertion. Advantages of this system need to be weighed against its relative thermal instability for support, while its low-resistance from hydrophilic coatings gives a different.
authors.affiliation: MS Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University, College of Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
mesh_terms: D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D017534:Radial Artery