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Fig. 15.1 Diagram of ATP procedural steps Case 15.1. Transradial LM Stenting in an Obese Patient with STEMI This is a male patient, 31 years old, admitted due to anterior…

Fig. 27.1 The average distance from the left RA at wrist level (L) to the different target arteries 27.4 General Considerations Site of access is selected depending on the target…

Manufacturer Guidewire Tip stiffness (g) Coating characteristics Asahi Intecc Decillion FL 0.8 Coil with hydrophilic; Tip 80 mm  Decillion HS 1.5 Polymer coated; Tip 120 mm  Decillion MD 3.0 Coil…

Absence of bilateral radial pulsations Dialysis fistulae Known difficult anatomic variations (radial loops, lusoria artery) Need for large-bore guiding catheters (≥7 French) During learning curve 21.3 Diagnostic Coronary Angiography In…

First author Ergonovine Acetylcholine Invasive testing    Japanese Circulation society [33] Ergonovine 20–60 ug (LCA, IC) 20–100 ug (LCA, IC)  Ergonovine 20–60 ug (RCA, IC) 20–50 ug (RC, IC) Okumura…

Fig. 25.1 Illustrating the indications for both transfemoral and transradial arterial approaches for hemodynamic unstable patient. A male patient experienced acute coronary syndrome and unstable hemodynamic condition was identified. Therefore,…

Fig. 19.1 (a) Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a dominant left Circumflex (LCx) artery (dotted line) with retrograde septal collaterals from the left anterior descending (LAD) artery (white arrow). (b)…

Fig. 6.1 Tortuous radial artery Fig. 6.2 Brachial artery loop Suggested techniques of negotiation (illustrated in Videos 6.3 and 6.4) would be to: 1. Do a radial artery angiogram with…

Fig. 12.1 (a, b) It assumes that the largest studies will be near the average, and small studies will be evenly spread on both sides of the average. Deviation from…

Fig. 2.1 MATRIX Access trial: Kaplan Meier curves for the co-primary end-points (Reprint with permission from Ref. [10]) No differences were observed with respect to myocardial infarction or stroke between…