Allen or No Allen That Is the Question!

作者：Bertrand Olivier F^*; Carey Patrick C; Gilchrist Ian C

来源：Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014, 63(18): 1842-1844.

DOI：10.1016/j.jacc.2014.01.048

• Allen test
• capillary lactate
• transradial intervention
• ulnopalmar arches

Transradial access (TRA) is becoming widely adopted by interventional cardiologists around the world as the preferred access site for coronary diagnostic angiography and interventions. Although it was initially described >20 years ago, TRA adoption remained stagnant for a long time despite zealous grassroots promotion by a small group of aficionados, as it was generally ignored by a large majority of interventional cardiologists. Recently, several factors have spawned growing popularity of TRA, including better recognition of the detrimental impact of periprocedural bleeding, the reduction of costs associated with the neutralization of vascular complications and early hospital discharge, and the overwhelming preference of patients.

• 出版日期2014-5-13