Distal Transradial Access (dTRA) for Coronary Angiography and Interventions: A Quality Improvement Step Forward?

Abstract

Distal TRA is a novel access site in the interventional cardiology field, with current data demonstrating high success and infrequent complication rates - global procedural metrics that are comparable with historical proximal TRA. Distal TRA may conversely provide important advantages over proximal TRA, including patient comfort, shorter hemostasis time, and lower radial artery occlusion rates.

Keywords: editorial; radial artery technique.