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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University of Oklahoma Medical Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104