Benefits of Radial Access — Sublime™ Radial Access Platform

THE PROVEN BENEFITS OF RADIAL ACCESS

Radial artery access offers many benefits to patients over femoral access, including shorter recovery, reduced risk of complications, and an overall more positive experience. These benefits can translate into financial savings for facilities, too.

REDUCED COMPLICATIONS

77% reduction in access site complications1,2

REDUCED BLEEDING

47% reduction in major bleeding1,2

POSITIVE EXPERIENCE

87% of patients prefer transradial
approach: reduced pain, greater walking ability post-procedure1,5

STAFF SATISFACTION

Radial access can reduce nursing hours ≤50%. 97% of nurses prefer it.1,3

RAPID RECOVERY

Quick ambulation and same-day discharge1,4

5 FR BROADENS TREATMENT

Surmodics 5 Fr radial sheaths make radial access available to more women6,7

FINANCIAL BENEFITS

Cost Savings Per Procedure

In patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease, a transradial approach resulted in a 5-hour reduction in median time to discharge (6.6 hrs. vs. 11.6 hrs.) and a total cost savings of $873.71 per procedure compared to cases using a transfemoral approach.8

Physician receives market-rate compensation from Surmodics for services performed under a consulting agreement.

$873.71

Cost Savings
Per Procedure

Paul Michael, MD

AdventHealth

“Economics is important and radial access is a moneysaver...

There is the recovery time involved in a procedure. If you can shorten your recovery time by adopting a radial approach, you’ve already offset any added costs with these devices.

Why? You don’t have to pay a nurse to sit and watch the patient as long during recovery.

You don’t have to use a femoral closure device. You can reduce complications.

And remember, complications are not just a financial cost. There’s a psychological, physical, and emotional cost to a complication; both for the patient and the operator.”

As compared with transfemoral access in coronary procedures 
Ferrante G, et al. Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions Across the Entire Spectrum of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. JACC: Cardiovascular Interv. Vol 9(14),25 July 2016:1419-1434. 
Amoroso G, Sarti M, Bellucci R, et al. Clinical and procedural predictors of nurse workload during and after invasive coronary procedures: the potential benefit of a systematic radial access. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2005;4(3):234-241. 
Lindner SM, McNeely CA, Amin AP. The Value of Transradial: Impact on Patient Satisfaction and Health Care Economics. Interv Cardiol Clin. 2020 Jan;9(1):107-115.  
Cooper C, El-Shiekh R, Cohen D, et al. Effect of transradial access on quality of life and cost of cardiac catheterization: a randomized comparison. Am Heart J. 2010; 138(3), 430-436.
Roberts JS, Niu J. An Ultrasound Survey of the Radial and Ulnar Arteries in an American Population: Implications for Transradial Access. J Invasive Cardiol. 2023;35(3).
Minor RL. Radial peripheral in women with small radial arteries: 5 French access. Cath Lab Digest. Published September 1, 2019. Accessed September 4, 2024. 
Ansaarie I, Goldfaden R, Hardy J, et al. Efficacy, Safety, and Costs of Transradial Access (MáLEI-Minimal Arterial Access Lower-Extremity Intervention) Compared to Transfemoral Access. Vasc. Disease Mgmt. 2021; 18(10): E178-E183.

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