Manual heating of the radial artery (Balbay maneuver) to facilitate radial puncture prior to transradial coronary catheterization

Unal, Sefa; Acar, BURAK; Yayla, Cagri; Balci, Mustafa; Ertem, Ahmet; Kara, Meryem; Maden, Orhan; Temizhan, Ahmet; Tola, Muharrem; Balbay, Yucel

doi:10.1016/j.repce.2016.11.011

Manual heating of the radial artery (Balbay maneuver) to facilitate radial puncture prior to transradial coronary catheterization

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Unal S., Acar B. , Yayla C., Balci M. M. , Ertem A. G. , Kara M., ...More

REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CARDIOLOGIA, vol.36, no.6, pp.409-414, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 36 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.repce.2016.11.011
Title of Journal : REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CARDIOLOGIA
Page Numbers: pp.409-414

Abstract

Objective: Transradial access is widely used for both diagnostic and interventional cardiac procedures. The use of transradial access offers several advantages, including decreased bleeding, fewer vascular complications, and reduced length of hospital stay and cost. However, the small size of the radial artery limits the size of the equipment that can be used via this approach. In this study we sought to investigate whether preprocedural manual heating of the radial artery facilitates radial artery puncture.