In children, surgery for radial artery pseudoaneurysm (PA) may be followed by growth retardation of the hand because of inadequate blood flow. We believe this is the first report of a child with PA of the radial artery cured by compression bandage. Conservative management is a safe and valuable initial treatment option for uncomplicated radial PA.

The use of the radial artery as preferred access site for coronary diagnostics and interventions is rapidly increasing worldwide given the extensive evidence demonstrating its benefit on vascular complications and mortality, its costeffectiveness, and the increased patient satisfaction in comparison with the femoral approach. However, this approach could be complicated by radial artery occlusio...

Over the last ten years, transradial cardiac catheterization has been increasingly applied, primarily because of its lower incidence of complications compared to the femoral approach. However, one of the greatest flaws of the transradial approach is a relatively high incidence of catheterization failure (1%-5%). Anatomic variations of radial artery are ranked second among the reasons for this. ...

A 65-year-old man with previous coronary artery bypass grafting and recent recurrence of angina was referred for coronary angiography. His medical history included myelodysplasia with significant anemia (hemoglobin, 7.7 g/dL) and thrombocytopenia (platelets, 77 10/L). A percutaneous coronary intervention was performed 4 years previous to an occluded native right coronary artery via the left rad...

A 65-year-old man with previous coronary artery bypass grafting and recent recurrence of angina was referred for coronary angiography. His medical history included myelodysplasia with significant anemia (hemoglobin, 7.7 g/dL) and thrombocytopenia (platelets, 77 10/L). A percutaneous coronary intervention was performed 4 years previous to an occluded native right coronary artery via the left rad...

Radial artery is an important consistent vessel of the upper limb. It is a useful vascular access site for coronary procedures and its reliable anatomy has resulted in an elevation of radial forearm flaps for reconstructive surgeries of head and neck. Technical failures, in both the procedures, are mainly due to anatomical variations, such as radial loops, ectopic radial arteries or tortuosity ...