IMPORTANCE OF THE DISTAL RADIAL APPROACH IMPORTANCE OF THE LEFT DISTAL RADIAL APPROACH
To improve operator and patient comfort, catheterization, arteriovenous shunt, or collection for myocardial revascularization. The traditional advantages of the LEFT approach over the right: comfort for right-handed patients, less tortuous vessel, Ease of left internal breast angiography, easy manipulation of catheters initially designed for the femoral approach.
Short compression time, facilitating outpatient PCI. Better patient comfort (the left arm is placed comfortably with the arm on a pillow on the patient’s left side, the forearm through the abdomen and the hand in pronation on the right groin)
Preservation of the radial artery in the forearm for future Greater operator comfort and safety (the operator can punch on the right side.
Short operators do not need to bend over the patient.
Obese patients can be easily punctured.
The operator works at the patient’s knee level, a safe distance from the X-ray source, and the patient’s dispersion).