Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Anxiety score as a predictor of radial artery spasm during transradial approach for percutaneous coronary intervention
Vishwa Deepak Tripathi1 , Lata Khatnani Koneru2 , Avijit Singh3 , Vikas Mishra4 , Naveen Garg5 , K L Umamaheshwar6 , Kshitij Gupta7
JCDR. 2023: 1625-1639
Abstract
Background: Transradial approach(TRA) is still not the dominant route used in for percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI). Radial artery spasm(RAS) is an important limitation of TRA failure and crossover to transfemoral approach(TFA). To enjoy the benefits of TRA, we need to predict the patients with high risk of spasm, to apply preventive measure in this specific subset of population
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