Status:
COMPLETED
Femoral Arterial Access With Ultrasound Trial
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Irvine
Collaborating Sponsors:
C. R. Bard
University of Oklahoma
Conditions:
Vascular Access Complications
Cardiac Catheterization
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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...
Detailed Description
Cardiac catheterization is conventionally performed with femoral arterial access using a combination of arterial pulse palpation, anatomical landmarks, and fluoroscopic landmarks to guide needle inser...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
Exclusion
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
1014 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00667381
Start Date
April 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2009
Last Update
November 16 2010
Active Locations (4)
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1
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Long Beach, California, United States, 90806
2
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California, United States, 92868
3
Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
4
Oklahoma University Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104