Radial Versus Femoral Arterial Access for Cardiac Catheterization: Comparison of Complications at 30 Days

Completed

Conditions studied: Radial Artery Occlusion

In brief

Cardiac catheterization has traditionally been performed via access to the arterial circulation from the femoral artery located in the groin. As an alternative to this approach, the radial artery, located in the arm, is gaining wider use in clinical practice. Multiple studies have demonstrated that cardiac catheterization via the radial approach has a very low complication rate, in the short term. This study is intended to determine if there are any differences in the long term complication rate between radial artery cardiac catheterization as compared with femoral artery cardiac catheterization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01019330

Run by

Creighton University

People needed

243

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-30

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or Female
• 19 years old or older
• candidate for radial or femoral cardiac catheterization

Where it is running

• Creighton University Medical Center — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
• The Cardiac Center at Creighton University — Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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