Distal radial sheathless approach for Left Main ACS
European Bifurcation Club 2018 – EBC 2018 – Brussels, Belgium
CASE SESSION + EBC AWARD
Distal radial sheathless approach for Left Main ACS
Author: Stefan Harb, LKH Graz Süd-West, Standort West, Graz, Austria
TAKE HOME MESSAGES
- Sheathless approach is much smaller and matches the smaller arteries on arm and hand perfectly! Less bleeding, less artery occlusion.
- Sheathless can replace balloon assisted tracking to minimize vessel trauma and risk.
- Be gentle to upper limb arteries as you are to coronaries.
- The left main does not know if there is a sheath in the radial.