This document describes the design and preliminary results of the MEMORY study, which compares manual versus mechanical compression of the radial artery after transradial coronary angiography. The study aims to enroll 600 patients across 5 hospitals in Greece in a randomized controlled trial. The first 400 patients are reported on. Preliminary results show a non-significant trend toward a higher rate of early radial artery occlusion with manual compression compared to mechanical compression (11.3% vs 6.3%, p=0.08). There was no significant difference in hematomas or bleeding between the two groups. Hemostasis duration was significantly shorter with manual compression. The study is ongoing to fully evaluate differences in radial artery occlusion rates between manual and mechanical compression techniques.