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Cardiac: Study of access site for enhancement of PCI for women (SAFE-PCI for women)
Research
  • Nainesh Patel, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2013
Abstract

Description Multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled study in which women undergoing an urgent or elective medical procedure to open a blood vessel in the heart (PCI) will be randomized to either transradial (through the arm) or transfemoral (through the leg) access site

Eligibility Inclusion Criteria-including but may not be limited to:
o Must be older than 18 years of age
o Must be female
o Undergoing urgent or elective PCI
o Appropriate performance scores

Purpose The primary study purpose is to assess the success and complication rates of the transradial approach to PCI in women compared with the transfermoral approach.

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Citation Information

Patel, N. (2013). Cardiac: Study of access site for enhancement of PCI for women (SAFE-PCI for women). LVHN Scholarly Works. Retrieved from http://scholarlyworks.lvhn.org/nori_research/1.