title: "Virtual" 3 Fr Transradial Coronary Stenting With the 5 Fr Meito Masamune Sheathless Guiding Catheter: Feasibility and Safety in an Outpatient Setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the safety and feasibility of "virtual 3 Fr" transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRA-PCI) in an outpatient setting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A retrospective analysis of a single-operator log-book, for the first 2 months after its CE-mark approval, identified 11/52 patients (21%; 6/11 males; mean age, 64 ± 10 years) who had undergone: (1) an elective TRA-PCI; (2) in an outpatient setting; and (3) with the sheathless 5 Fr Meito-Masamune guiding catheter (Medikit Co, Ltd). Procedural success was 96% (25/26 lesions), mean procedural time and contrast usage were 26 ± 15 minutes and 94 ± 69 mL, respectively. Patent hemostasis was successful in 10/11 patients, all patients were discharged home within 6 hours, and no acute radial artery occlusion occurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Virtual 3 Fr TRA-PCI in highly selected patients seems feasible and safe when performed in an outpatient setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. g.amoroso@olvg.nl.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amoroso
authors.forename: Anneleen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Dullemen
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westgeest
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Duinen
mesh_terms: D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D017534:Radial Artery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome