The Transradial Handbook. Evidence Based Practice

Access site techniques for invasive cardiology and interventional radiology procedures have undergone rapidly evolving technological advances, with radial access offering important benefits for patients and health care systems. This book provides a concise practical guide to the practice of transradial procedures in both specialties. It is a readily accessible source of information that provides evidence-based guidelines from an extensive global literature, interpreted, and contextualized by experienced and recognized international opinion leaders. It provides an overview of relevant trial data, cannulation technique, catheter selection and manipulation, catheter delivery, right heart catheterisation and complication management. It offers a comprehensive but portable reference to aid learning for cardiology and radiology professionals and trainees.

Key Features:1.Fills a current gap in a growing transradial market with a contemporary approach. 2.Guides cardiology and radiology practitioners and other health care professionals in optimal performance of transradial access procedures. 3.Draws from the experience of world experts, providing a ready reference pocketbook for easy access.

CONTENTS

1. Patient Selection 2. Patient Preparatory and Laboratory Setup. 3. Radial Cannulation. 4.Accessing the Arota. 5. Catheter Selection and Image Acquisition 6. Haemostasis . 7. Challenging Radial Cases. 8. Transradial Access in Special Circumstances. 9.Radial Access In Non-Cardiac Procedures 10. Distal Radial Access. 11. Alternative Access Sites. 12. Radial Specific Complication Management