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Radial Coronary Interventions

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The radial artery access is gaining popularity due to decreased rates of access site complications and improved patient comfort. This chapter is an overview on radial interventions.

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Notes

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    See “Troubleshooting.”

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    Note: When utilizing the Judkins catheters, successful cannulation of the left main coronary artery will more easily be achieved with a Judkins catheter that is 0.5 size smaller than that chosen for the transfemoral approach.

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  1. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave Levy Place, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Christopher J. Varughese MD, Anitha Rajamanickam MD & Robert Pyo MD

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  1. Christopher J. Varughese MD
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  2. Anitha Rajamanickam MD
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Correspondence to Christopher J. Varughese MD .

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Annapoorna Kini

  2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Samin Sharma

  3. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Jagat Narula

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Varughese, C.J., Rajamanickam, A., Pyo, R. (2014). Radial Coronary Interventions. In: Kini, A., Sharma, S., Narula, J. (eds) Practical Manual of Interventional Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6581-1_24

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