Wrist access comparison for heart procedures
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of inserting a thin tube into your wrist artery for a heart procedure (angiography or PCI). One way is closer to the hand (distal), the other is the traditional spot. The goal is to see which one causes fewer blockages in the forearm after the procedure, using ultrasound to check.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 years old or older.
- You must provide written consent to take part.
- You must be scheduled for a coronary angiography (a test to look at your heart's arteries) or a PCI (a procedure to open blocked arteries).
- It must be safe for your doctor to use either access point in your wrist for the procedure.
- You cannot be on regular dialysis for kidney failure.
- You cannot have a long-standing total blockage in a heart artery (chronic total occlusion) that is being treated.
- You cannot have had a previous heart procedure using the wrist artery before.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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