Sheathless transradial intervention highly successful in treating complex lesions

Cardiologists from the Mayo Clinic performed sheathless transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to remedy complex lesions, achieving a 90% success rate with no radial complications. Standard guiding catheters were used during the procedure. Details of this novel approach - overcoming the last hurdle to greater adoption of transradial PCI in the U.S. - are published in the December issue of Catheterisation and Cardiovascular Intervention, the official journal of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions...

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