Anatomical consideration of the radial artery for transradial coronary procedures: arterial diameter, branching anomaly and vessel tortuosity Byung-Su Yoo, Junghan Yoon, Ji-Yean Ko, Jang-Young Kim, Seung-Hwan Lee, Sung-Oh Hwang, Kyung-Hoon Choe International Journal of Cardiology Volume 101, Issue 3, Pages 421-427 (June 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.061 Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The distributions of radial arterial diameter. Mean radial arterial diameter was 2.60±0.41 mm and range of radial arterial diameter was from 1.15 to 3.95 mm. International Journal of Cardiology 2005 101, 421-427DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.061) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 The anomalous branching patterns of upper extremity artery. Retrograde angiogram showed high origin of radial artery (A), double radial artery (B) and double brachial artery (C). International Journal of Cardiology 2005 101, 421-427DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.061) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 The tortuosity patterns of upper extremity artery. Retrograde angiogram showed various shapes of radial artery (α-shape (A), Ω-shape (B), Z-shape (C) and S-shape (D)). International Journal of Cardiology 2005 101, 421-427DOI: (10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.03.061) Copyright © 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Terms and Conditions