Femoral Arterial Access With Ultrasound Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Vascular Access Complications, Cardiac Catheterization, Peripheral Vascular Disease

In brief

This study is designed to evaluate the routine use of vascular ultrasound as an aid for proper placement of a femoral arterial sheath during cardiac catheterization and peripheral arterial angiography.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00667381

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

1014

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-11-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults age 18 and over
• Patients undergoing left heart catheterization or peripheral arterial angiography from the retrograde femoral approach
• Willingness and ability to sign consent form
• Scheduled to have procedure performed by operator trained in the ultrasound technique

You may not qualify if…

• Access from a site other than the common femoral artery
• Nonpalpable femoral pulses
• Creatinine > 3.0 mg/dl, unless already on dialysis
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women
• Unable or refusal to sign consent form
• Patients undergoing emergent cardiac catheterization for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction or unstable acute coronary syndrome
• Equipment unavailable

Where it is running

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center — Long Beach, California, United States
• University of California, Irvine Medical Center — Orange, California, United States
• Oklahoma City VA Medical Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Oklahoma University Medical Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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