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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 Jan 11;17(1):23.
doi: 10.1186/s12872-016-0457-2.

Transradial versus transfemoral approach for coronary angiography and angioplasty - A prospective, randomized comparison

Fayaz Ahmad Bhat  1 , Khalid Hamid Changal  2   3 , Hameed Raina  1 , Nisar Ahmad Tramboo  1 , Hilal Ahmad Rather  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Transradial versus transfemoral approach for coronary angiography and angioplasty - A prospective, randomized comparison

Fayaz Ahmad Bhat et al. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. .

Abstract

Background: PCI has been done traditionally through transfemoral route. But now transradial and transbrachial routes are also coming up in practice. We compared transradial versus transfemoral routes for ease of operability, time for procedure, complications, and failure rates through a prospective study.

Methods: Four hundred Patients admitted in department of cardiology for percutaneous interventions were enrolled in the study. 200 patients were assigned to each group randomly. A single team did all the procedures. Pre procedure, intra procedure and post procedure data of all the patients was collected, tabulated and analysed properly.

Results: Access time (6.0 ± 1vs 4.2 ± 0.7; P =0.001); Fluoroscopy time and overall procedure time (29 ± 11.3 Vs. 27.3 ± 12.4 min) were more with trans radial than transfemoral route, respectively. The most common post procedure complication, ecchymosis was seen in 20.5% in transfemoral group compared to 12.5% in transradial group (P 0.031). Thrombophelibites (17.5 VS 8%, P0.004); Hematoma (14.5 Vs 0%, P 0.005); post procedure access bleed (7 VS 3%, P 0.039) were seen in transfemoral than transradial group, respectively. Failure rates were almost similar. None of our patients had post procedure myocardial infarction, stroke, acute renal failure and infections.

Conclusion: Transradial approach of PCI is better than transfemoral route with respect to complications like bleeding, haematoma formation, thrombophelebites and ecchymosis is concerned. However access and fluoroscopic time is more with the former. We recommend the transradial route for PCI.

Trial registration: Trial is retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with the Identifier: NCT02983721 , Date of registration is December 2, 2016.

Keywords: Angiography; Transfemoral; Transradial.

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Comparison of complications in the studied subjects between the transradial and transfemoral group
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