CCCardiol CroatCardiologia CroaticaCardiol. Croat.1848-543X1848-5448Croatian Cardiac SocietyCC_11(3-4)_11110.15836/ccar2016.111AbstractThe role of the transradial approach in invasive diagnostics and treatment of peripheral arterial diseasehttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4689-1673KrčmarTomislavhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1878-0880BenkoIvicahttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-1098DaskijevićJadrankaUniversity Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, CroatiaAddress for correspondence: Tomislav Krčmar, Klinički bolnički centar Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska 29, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. / Phone: +385-99-520-0051 / E-mail: tomislav.krcmar@gmail.com032016113-411111110022016200220162016Croatian Cardiac SocietyKEYWORDS: transradial accessperipheral artery diseasetransluminal intervention
Transradial approach became frequent procedure in treatment of percutaneous coronary interventions while the same approach is still used rarely with the patients who need invasive angiology diagnostics. The main advantages of the transradial approach concerning the potential complications are generally very well known as well as the advantages in the means of comfort for the patient. (1-3)
In University Clinical Centre “Sestre milosrdnice” from 2011 transradial approach was used in total of 101 cases of invasive diagnostics or interventional treatment. In 32 situations it was used as one of the additional approaches within the main intervention on iliac arteries, whilst in 11 cases the transradial approach was the main the intervention on iliac arteries. For now, the transradial approach is mainly reserved for the interventions on renal and iliac arteries. Transradial approach is safe and reliable method for invasive diagnostics of peripheral arteries whilst the application of the interventions on arteries of the lower limb just recently started to be applied more often.
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