BACKGROUND A proven advantage of radial over femoral arterial access has led to an increase in the number of interventions performed via radial artery access in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Both assessment of the pulse volume and the Allen's test are subjective and subject to investigator bias. An ultrasound examination of the forearm arteries provides important information about the...

Introduction Numerous review articles have described variations to the branching pattern of the vasculature [3, 8, 10] and innervation [1, 4,] in the upper limbs of cadavers. The classification of the arterial patterns that we used for this report corresponded to McCormick et al.’s [8] description of radial artery origin proximal to the intercondylar line. Multiple names have been given to this...

BACKGROUND The ergotamine tartrate associated with certain categories of drugs can lead to critical ischemia of the extremities. Discontinuation of taking ergotamine is usually sufficient for the total regression of ischemia, but in some cases it could be necessary thrombolytic and anticoagulant therapy to avoid amputation. CASE REPORT A woman of 62 years presented with a severe pain left for...

instruction: measurement of brachial artery diameter variation by ultrasound methods has commonly been used to test the endothelial function. it is known that the artery diameter is increased by flow stimulation. therefore in the present study, the effect of external obstruction, as flow stimulation, on the radial strain of the brachial artery was assessed. also the biomechanical behavior of th...

ÖZET T approach (TRA) for coronary angiography is a popular alternative approach to transfemoral coronary angiography, with infrequent occurrence of access site complications including bleeding, hematoma and pseudoaneursym formation.[1–3] Patients prefer the transradial approach because of its comfort, resulting shorter hospital stay, lack of necessity to be in the supine position during the pr...

aneurysm can develop in all arteries of the human body. pseudoaneurysm induced by trauma is known as a rare condition in peripheral arteries. this complication is known as late sequelae of trauma. the incidence of pseudoaneurysm in upper extremities artery is less than lower extremities. atherosclerotic aneurysms are often seen in large arteries and by aging, but pseudoaneurysm can be seen in p...

The management of pink pulseless limbs in supracondylar fractures has remained controversial, especially with regards to the indication for exploration in a clinically well-perfused hand. We reviewed a series of seven patients who underwent surgical exploration of the brachial artery following supracondylar fracture. All patients had a non-palpable radial artery, which was confirmed by Doppler ...

The word “Brachial” is derived from the Greek word Brakion meaning ‘shorter’; brachium also means arm [1]. Normally brachial artery is a continuation of axillary artery at the inferior border of teres major muscle in axilla. Towards the distal end, it lies medial to the bicipital aponeurosis. At the level of neck of radius, in cubital fossa, artery bifurcates into two terminal branches, mediall...

The word “Brachial” is derived from the Greek word Brakion meaning ‘shorter’; brachium also means arm [1]. Normally brachial artery is a continuation of axillary artery at the inferior border of teres major muscle in axilla. Towards the distal end, it lies medial to the bicipital aponeurosis. At the level of neck of radius, in cubital fossa, artery bifurcates into two terminal branches, mediall...

Background: Transradial access is one of the main access techniques in angiography. This method is technically more difficult as it is associated with radial artery occlusion. Radial artery cannulation from the dorsal surface of the hand in the snuffbox area has been introduced as a suitable solution to overcome some of the disadvantages of the standard radial artery method. This study was cond...