Suggesting a New Primary Access Site for Treating Chronic Total Occlusions: Bilateral Distal Transradial Intervention (bdTRI)

J Invasive Cardiol. 2018 Dec;30(12):E150-E151.

Abstract

Bilateral distal transradial intervention is a new primary access strategy for chronic total occlusion interventions. We provide a brief review of recent studies and offer the rationale behind this promising approach.

Keywords: bilateral distal transradial intervention; chronic total occlusion; letter to the editor.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
  • Radial Artery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Diseases*