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Nearly 10–35 % patients are not suitable through transradial access because of factors like anatomic variation, dysplasia, vascular distortion, severe spasm, atherosclerosis and calcification of radial artery, subcutaneous induration, radial occlusion of secondary angiography and as a surgical bypass vessel of dialysis fistula. The first transulnar coronary angioplasty procedure was achieved in our cardiac center by Professor Fu Xianghua in 2001, and the safety and feasibility of coronary angioplasty via a transulnar approach in selective patients was reported by Fu et al in 2003. Recently, more reports have demonstrated that the transulnar approach may be both feasible and safe for coronary angiography and angioplasty in selective patients.
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Fu, X. (2017). Intervention Through Transulnar Approach. In: Zhou, Y., Kiemeneij, F., Saito, S., Liu, W. (eds) Transradial Approach for Percutaneous Interventions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7350-8_9
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