title: Transradial approach to take a little piece of heart.
abstract: Advances in sheathless-guide technology can permit left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy through the radial artery. In experienced hands, the procedure can be done effectively with concurrent anticoagulation to both prevent system embolization from the biopsy site and to reduce the risk of radial artery occlusion. The long-term effect of repeated or single myocardial biopsy procedures using the radial artery is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, London Health Science Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.|Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bagur
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: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000473:pathology*; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017534:Radial Artery