TCT-368 Ulnar Rather Than Femoral for Artery Access Crossover

Femoral rather than carotid artery ultrasound imaging predicts extent and severity of coronary artery disease.

BACKGROUND Pathological, epidemiological and clinical studies indicate that there is coexistence between peripheral vascular disease and coronary artery disease (CAD). B-mode ultrasound of superficial arteries is a non-invasive, valid and reproducible method of directly visualising and assessing carotid and femoral intima-media thickness (IMT) and focal atherosclerosis. AIM To evaluate the pr...

Transient ulnar artery compression facilitates transradial access

BACKGROUND Unsuccessful radial artery puncture is one of the important causes of transradial procedure failure. Ulnar artery compression made the radial artery pulse stronger. Whether it would make transradial access easier, however, is uncertain. METHODS A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted among 446 patients who planned for transradial cardiac catheterization. Patients we...

Deprenyl Can Mediate Neuronal Protection Rather than Neuronal Rescue

Background and Objective: Deprenyl is a drug for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, where the dopaminergic neurons are the target of this drug. Several reports also documented that deprenyl has an effect on the sensory and motor neurons. There are some reports about the mode of action of deprenyl on m...

Superficial ulnar artery.

Rapid access rather than open access leads to improved effectiveness of an ENT emergency clinic

An Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) emergency clinic provides important access to specialist care for patients referred by General Practitioners (GPs), Emergency Departments and doctors on non-ENT hospital wards. The aim is to enable the prompt diagnosis and management of acute conditions, within an optimum environment containing appropriate clinical and staff resources. Amid concerns that an open ac...