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Day case transradial coronary angioplasty: A four‐year single‐center experience
Author(s) -
Wiper A.,
Kumar S.,
MacDonald J.,
Roberts D.H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20743
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , angioplasty , surgery , radial artery , single center , stent , thrombosis , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary angiography , cardiology , artery , myocardial infarction
We examined the safety and feasibility of elective outpatient transradial coronary angioplasty (PCI). Four hundred and forty two patients underwent procedures over a 4‐year period. Over 95% had an excellent angiographic result and 85% were discharged the same day. Radial access was successful in 417 (94%) patients. There were no major vascular complications. One patient died of a subacute stent thrombosis. Outpatient transradial PCI is safe and feasible for the majority of elective PCI cases. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.