Status:
COMPLETED
Fluoroscopy Guided Femoral Arterial Access
Lead Sponsor:
University of Oklahoma
Conditions:
Vascular Access
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the use of fluoroscopic guidance, (a commonly used X-ray technique), with the traditional approach, (where the doctors feel for the strongest pulse), to obtain ...
Detailed Description
Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial to study the effectiveness of applying fluoroscopy guided femoral artery access in the cardiac catheterization lab and its effect on the us...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 and over.
- Patients undergoing elective or urgent left heart cath from the femoral approach.
- Willingness to participate and sign the consent form.
Exclusion
- Access from site other than the common femoral artery.
- Creatinine \>= 3.0mg/dl.
- Graft in the common femoral artery or other surgeries at that site that might have changed the anatomy of the groin.
- Unable or refusal to sign a consent form.
- Patients from the Department of Corrections.
- Pregnant Women
- Undetectable femoral artery pulse.
- Patients undergoing emergent cardiac catheterization for ST elevation MI or unstable ACS.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
990 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00222430
Start Date
March 1 2005
End Date
July 1 2006
Last Update
March 28 2012
Active Locations (2)
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1
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
2
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104