Prospective Study of Radial Artery Occlusion Following Transradial Arterial Access during IR Procedures. - 2022

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CONCLUSIONS: Transradial access resulted in a <1% rate of RAO. Copyright (c) 2021 SIR. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-seven patients undergoing transradial access from August 2019 to March 2021 for 120 intra-arterial procedures (yttrium-90 mapping [n = 39] and radioembolization [n = 38], uterine artery embolization [n = 19], transarterial chemoembolization [n = 10], active bleed embolization [n = 8], angiomyolipoma embolization [n = 4], and other [n = 2]) were enrolled. The average patient age was 59 years +/- 13.1 (range, 30-90 years), and 43 (55.8%) of the 77 patients were men. The patients underwent radial artery (RA) palpation, ultrasound evaluation, the Barbeau test, and the reverse Barbeau test prior to and following the intervention. Verapamil, nitroglycerin, and heparin were administered in a total of 114 (95%) of the 120 procedures prior to starting the procedure. The incidence of RAO and radial artery spasm (RAS) was calculated, and univariate logistic regression was performed to analyze the predictors of RAS. PURPOSE: To prospectively determine the rate of radial artery occlusion (RAO) in patients undergoing transradial access for intra-arterial interventions. RESULTS: The preprocedural RA diameter (3.0 mm +/- 0.67) was not significantly different from the postprocedural RA diameter (3.0 mm +/- 0.65, P = .904). The RAO rate was determined to be 0.8% (1/120), and this artery recanalized within 1 week. Due to the small number of occlusions, statistical analysis of predictors of RAO was not performed. The rate of RAS was 22.7% (27/119). None of the variables tested-including age, sex, RA diameter, initial versus repeat access, operator experience, and artery puncture technique-showed significant prediction for RAS. Patients were seen for follow-up after 111 (92.5%) of the 120 procedures.


English

1051-0443

10.1016/j.jvir.2021.10.017 [doi] S1051-0443(21)01444-5 [pii]


*Arterial Occlusive Diseases
*Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
*Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
*Liver Neoplasms
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arterial Occlusive Diseases/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]
Arterial Occlusive Diseases/et [Etiology]
Arterial Occlusive Diseases/th [Therapy]
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/co [Complications]
Cardiac Catheterization/ae [Adverse Effects]
Cardiac Catheterization/mt [Methods]
Chemoembolization, Therapeutic/ae [Adverse Effects]
Humans
Liver Neoplasms/co [Complications]
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Radial Artery/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]


MedStar Medical Group
MedStar Washington Hospital Center


Internal Medicine Residency
Radiology


Journal Article