NCT01794325

Transradial and Transfemoral Coronary Angiography by EXPERienced operaTors

Transradial and Transfemoral Approach by EXPERienced Operators in Daily rouTine (EXPERT): a Randomized, Non-inferiority Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Transradial approach (TRA) reduces vascular complications and access related-bleeding compared to transfemoral approach (TFA). However, this technique has been related to higher radiation exposure during coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Previous studies have shown that TRA demands a long learning curve, and procedure success rate increases with operator's experience. Our hypothesis is that the higher radiation exposure during TRA is not a technique issue, but due to operator's expertise. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether experienced operators with either TRA or TFA can perform diagnostic coronary angiography with similar radiation exposure.

Conditions

• Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Vascular Access Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Trans-radial	Coronary angiography performed through trans-radial access
OTHER	Trans-femoral	Coronary angiography performed through trans-femoral access

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2013-02-18
• Last updated: 2014-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil