Key result
Transradial access for cardiac procedures offers improved patient comfort, reduced costs, and rapid mobilization compared to femoral access, despite perceived technical challenges.
Transradial access offers benefits such as improved patient comfort and reduced costs, despite perceptions of it being technically challenging compared to femoral access.
May support transradial preference for comfort and efficiency; leaves open need for RCTs to guide practice.
here is now convincing evidence that the radial artery is a very safe access site for cardiac procedures. 1 Additional benefits include improved patient comfort, reduced procedural costs, and rapid mobilisation. 2 Despite these advantages, many cardiologists continue to use the femoral artery for the majority of their procedures. This is because of a commonly held view that transradial procedures are technically challenging (and therefore often fail), time consuming, and involve excessive radiation exposure.
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Simon Eccleshall (2003) conducted an editorial in Cardiac procedures. Transradial access vs. Femoral access was evaluated. Transradial access for cardiac procedures offers improved patient comfort, reduced costs, and rapid mobilization compared to femoral access, despite perceived technical challenges.
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