Hydrophilic coating aids radial sheath withdrawal and reduces patient discomfort following transradial coronary intervention: A randomized double-blind comparison of coated and uncoated sheaths

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Kiemeneij, Ferdinand ^a,b   Fraser, Douglas ^a   Slagboom, Ton ^a   Laarman, GertJan ^a   Van der Wieken, Ron ^a  

^a Amsterdam Dept Interventional C   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Dept Interventional C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary; Hydrophilic coating; Intervention; Introducer sheath; Transradial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC PULLBACK DEVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MAXIMUM PULLBACK FORCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSRADIAL CORONARY INTERVENTION;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPASM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037711236     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10444     Document Type: Article

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