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The femorale way : When the radial way is impossible, we use the femoral way. Because of an anti-coagulation treatment necessary for the angioplasty, a close-device is placed at the site of the puncture. So the patient can stand up 4 at 6 hours after the procedure.

The radial way : It's a more and more common one. The radial artery and the cubital one are the main-arteries in the hand. The fact that the material is becoming smaller and smaller, allows a radial approach, the pulsations of which can be felt at the bottom of the thumb (the cubital artery being too thin). The main advantage in using this way in the ability to stand up sooner because of the immediate withdrawal of the introducer. The artery compression is easier because of its superficial course in spite of the anti-coagulation treatment used for the angioplasty.