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One catheter or two? Tomayto or Tomahto?
Author(s) -
Seto Arnold H.,
Kern Morton J.
Publication year - 2017
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.27225
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , catheter , radiation exposure , retrospective cohort study , radiology , medical physics , surgery , nuclear medicine
Key Points This retrospective study compares the performance of transradial diagnostic procedures using the single versus Judkins catheter approach. The Judkins approach had a 15% lower patient radiation exposure than single catheter approach while fluoroscopy time was comparable. Future studies of comparing such techniques may always be limited by operator preference, experience, and comfort.