A prospective randomized trial of early ambulation following 8 French diagnostic cardiac catheterization
โ Scribed by M.A. Bogart; D.B. Bogart; L.B. Rigden; S.C. Jung; M.J. Liston
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 25 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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โฆ Synopsis
This prospective randomized study was done to assess the safety of 4-hr ambulation after diagnostic cardiac catheterization with 8 French sheaths and catheters. In this selected group of patients, we found that early ambulation could be done without an increase in access site complications.
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Outpatient cardiac catheterization is frequently performed, but the optimal recovery time after sheath removal has not been defined. Left heart catheterization was performed via the femoral artery utilizing 6 French catheters on 323 outpatients. One hundred thirty-five patients were randomized to am