RADIAL ACCESS FOR PRIMARY PTCA IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND CONTRAINDICATION TO OR IMPOSSIBLE FEMORAL ACCESS

Authors
STEG PG AUBRY P
Citation
Pg. Steg et P. Aubry, RADIAL ACCESS FOR PRIMARY PTCA IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND CONTRAINDICATION TO OR IMPOSSIBLE FEMORAL ACCESS, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 39(4), 1996, pp. 424-426
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
424 - 426
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)39:4<424:RAFPPI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report two cases of acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in which femoral arterial access was either contraindicated or impossible. In both, em ergency PTCA was successfully performed via the left radial artery, in cluding stent implantation in one patient, without entry site complica tion. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.