Aneurysm Treatment

The transradial approach offers safer access than the transfemoral approach based on the cardiac literature. The dual-antiplatelet requirements of many interventions and the high prevalence of patients on anticoagulation have made the transradial approach the access of choice for elective interventions. For ruptured cases, the benefit provides quicker extubation to reduce risk of pneumonia. All treatment modalities up to 6F triaxial systems can be used for embolization as one would from the femoral approach. All current neurointerventional therapies can be performed from a transradial approach. One needs to realize that, with new technologies, transradial neurointervention will become simpler, more efficient, and reliable.