Should the radial artery be used as a bypass graft following radial access coronary angiography

LM Lim, SD Galvin, M Javid… - … and thoracic surgery, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The radial artery (RA) is often selected as the next conduit of choice following the internal
thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting operations (CABG). Radial access …

Does previous transradial catheterization preclude use of the radial artery as a conduit in coronary artery bypass surgery?

CA Mounsey, JA Mawhinney, RS Werner, DP Taggart - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
The radial artery (RA) is a commonly used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting, and
recent studies have demonstrated that it provides superior long-term patency rates to the …

Left Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Angiography in Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients.

TF Pasley, A Khan, LY Yen, R Newcombe… - The Journal of …, 2016 - europepmc.org
It has been recently demonstrated that coronary angiography of native coronary arteries via
the radial artery results in reduced morbidity and mortality, when compared with a femoral …

Can the use of the radial artery be expanded to all patients with different surgical grafting techniques? Early clinical and angiographic results in 600 patients

S Al‐Ruzzeh, T Modine, T Athanasiou… - Journal of cardiac …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: The use of the radial artery (RA) as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) is gaining in popularity worldwide and is being increasingly adopted by many …

Clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with preferred use of the radial artery

OM Shapira, JD Alkon, GS Aldea… - Journal of Cardiac …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The use of the radial artery (RA) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is
still not widely accepted. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of preferred …

The radial artery for percutaneous coronary procedures or surgery?

M Gaudino, F Burzotta, F Bakaeen, O Bertrand… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
This article summarizes the current research on the benefits of using the transradial
approach for percutaneous procedures and the radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery …

Meta-analysis of radial versus femoral artery approach for coronary procedures in patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting

S Rigattieri, A Sciahbasi, ES Brilakis, F Burzotta… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cardiac catheterization through the radial artery approach (RA) has been shown to
significantly reduce access-site complications compared with the femoral artery approach …

The long-term incidence and predictors of radial artery occlusion following a transradial coronary procedure

A Buturak, S Gorgulu, T Norgaz, N Voyvoda… - Cardiology …, 2014 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: Radial artery occlusion (RAO) is an infrequent complication of transradial
coronary procedures (TRA). To our knowledge, there is no satisfactory data regarding the …

Radial arteries for coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass surgery: Are two arteries enough?

KR An, DY Tam, MFL Gaudino, SE Fremes - The Journal of Thoracic and …, 2019 - jtcvs.org
The transradial artery (TRA) approach for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary
intervention has been shown to improve outcomes compared with the transfemoral artery …

Morphological and functional consequences of transradial coronary angiography on the radial artery: implications for its use as a bypass conduit

M Gaudino, A Leone, A Lupascu… - European Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES To assess the degree of damage to the radial artery (RA) in coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) patients who underwent preoperative transradial coronary …