The Last Broken Barrier: Retrograde Radial Artery Recanalization Prior to Transradial Coronary Interventions

Abstract

Transradial access has become the default vascular access for coronary procedures, since it has shown to reduce major bleeding, adverse cardiac events and mortality compared with transfemoral access. However, radial artery occlusion has been historically considered a formal contraindication for transradial coronary procedures. In this investigation, we report the feasibility and outcomes of radial artery occlusion recanalization from distal radial access prior to transradial angiography and intervention.

Keywords: Distal radial artery; Radial artery occlusion; Retrograde radial recanalization.