{"title":"Radial access for primary PTCA in patients with acute myocardial infarction and contraindication or impossible femoral access.","authors":"G Steg, P Aubry","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199612)39:4<424::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-B","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report two cases of acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in which femoral arterial access was either contraindicated or impossible. In both, emergency PTCA was successfully performed via the left radial artery. Including stent implantation in one patient, without entry site complication.</p>","PeriodicalId":9664,"journal":{"name":"Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis","volume":"39 4","pages":"424-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"26","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199612)39:4<424::AID-CCD23>3.0.CO;2-B","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report two cases of acute myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in which femoral arterial access was either contraindicated or impossible. In both, emergency PTCA was successfully performed via the left radial artery. Including stent implantation in one patient, without entry site complication.