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Clinical Trials/NCT00638586
NCT00638586
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Comparison of Patients Undergoing Radial or Femoral Arterial Access for Percutaneous Catheterization-Nursing Aspects

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center1 site in 1 country160 target enrollmentApril 2008

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Femoral Artery Access
Sponsor
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Enrollment
160
Locations
1
Last Updated
18 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Transradial access is a recently developed alternative for diagnostic andf interventional cardiac catheterization. We sought to compare the differences between patients that have undergone PTCA transradial and transfemoral access from the nursing point of view:

  1. Anxiety levels
  2. Pain at access point, pain in general and level of pain during mobility
  3. Differences in feelings of embarrassement
  4. Differences in satisfaction
Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
18 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All patients scheduled for PTCA without any exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Psychiatric patients
  • Unconscious
  • Patients who had PTCA in past
  • Patients who were initially scheduled for different access

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

Study Sites (1)

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