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"Radial artery access is a minimally invasive approach for vascular access in interventional procedures. This route has widely been adopted since it reduced significantly the transfemoral-related complications. It is the recommended access route by the European Society of Cardiology for angiography and interventions in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarctions¹."

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"Compared to transfemoral or transbrachial access, the radial approach decreases the incidence of complications such as^2,3:"

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"Radial access is a harder technique compared to the femoral approach and is associated with a higher cannulation failure rate⁴ because:"

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"the "radial cocktail" should be diluted with approximately 20 ml of aspirated blood and injected over one minute, to avoid patient discomfort during the injection⁶"

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List Punctuation

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"lidocaine 1% mixed with Isosorbide dinitrate - to promote arterial dilatation."

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"the needle tip should be headed towards the navigation direction (towards brachial artery), and should be at 45º from the skin surface."

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"any resistance is abnormal and require visualisation under ultrasound/fluoroscopy."

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Number Spacing

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"the transducer is placed 2.5 - 5 mm from the needle tip"

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Colon Spacing

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"The causes of guidewire resistance may be :"

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Number Comparisons

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"radial artery occlusion - higher risk when the ratio of radial artery inner diameter to sheath catheter outer diameter < 1 ⁷"

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Acronyms

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"Radial artery access is a minimally invasive approach for vascular access in interventional procedures. This route has widely been adopted since it reduced significantly the transfemoral-related complications. It is the recommended access route by the European Society of Cardiology for angiography and interventions in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarctions¹."

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List Caps

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"Allen test"

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"Barbeau test"

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"Insertion of the access wire"

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Strong

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"Local anaesthesia"

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"Ultrasound-guided puncture of artery"

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"Access wire exchange"

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"Placement of sheath catheter"

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"Radial angiography"

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"Sheath fixation - optional"

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Unit Capitalisation

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"the "radial cocktail" should be diluted with approximately 20 ml of aspirated blood and injected over one minute, to avoid patient discomfort during the injection⁶"

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H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Advantages"

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"Disadvantages"

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"Preprocedural assessment"

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"Patient preparation"

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"Material preparation"

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"Procedure"

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"Complications"

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