Postcath Radial Arterial Clamp Time In the CAth Lab

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's564 enrolled

Overview

The investigators will assess the effect of different times of radial clamp post procedure on radial artery occlusion and bleeding.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of shorter radial artery clamp time post cardiac catheterization with respect to achieving hemostasis and the incidence of radial artery occlusion. The investigators hypothesize that shorter radial artery clamp times following cardiac catheterization will achieve similar hemostasis to longer clamp times with a decrease in the incidence of radial artery occlusion.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

564

Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Interventions

Vascular compression device- RADAR TM-Short clamp timeDEVICE

A clamp is placed on the radial artery following cardiac catheterization for 20 minutes

Vascular compression device RADAR TM-Long clamp timeDEVICE

A clamp is placed on the radial artery following cardiac catheterization for 20 minutes

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients who require cardiac catheterization via the radial approach for the investigation and treatment of coronary artery disease. * Patients must have evidence of pre-procedural radial artery patency using Barbeau test. * Patients must be able to give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of pre-procedural radial artery thrombosis * Inability to give informed consent * Patient desire not to participate in the study * Emergent procedures when the delay associated for obtaining informed consent may affect patient outcome

Locations (1)

London Health Science Center

London, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Incidence of radial artery occlusion

Flow assessed by pulse oximeter

Time frame: 24 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Bleeding

Need to retighten clamp, ooze, hematoma

Time frame: 24 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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