Transradial access (TRA) results in a lower diagnostic success rate and longer procedural times compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in patients undergoing cerebral angiography, the randomized ...

A transradial approach (TRA) for cerebral angiography was less effective than the transfemoral route in achieving an accurate diagnostic success rate. Study investigator, Wei Ni, MD, Huashan Hospital, ...

Both the trans-radial approach (TRA) and the trans-femoral approach (TFA) have been employed for cerebral angiography, but the relative advantages of these two techniques remain uncertain. To compare ...

Uptake of transradial cardiac catheterization and PCI is on the rise in the United States, an increase driven not only by younger operators entering practice with a strong radial background but also ...

New data from an international survey indicate significant variation in techniques and practices of transfemoral access for coronary angiography and PCI. Of the 987 operators from 88 countries who ...

The key feature defining transcatheter cardiovascular interventions is that access to the vessels and heart is achieved by arterial puncture with a needle, rather than surgical incision with a scalpel ...