[Ambulatory coronary arteriography with 5 French catheters: experience with 604 procedures].
Ambulatory coronary arteriography was carried out in 604 patients, 143 women and 461 men, mean age 53 +/- 14 years. An absolutely stable clinical condition was the main criterion of selection for this investigation and the protocol consisted in day-hospital admission, absence of routine anticoagulation, small calibre (5 French = 1.7 mm diameter) catheters, mobilization 4 hours and discharge 6 hours after the end of the procedure. The percutaneous femoral approach was used in 95% of cases; 56% of patients presented significant single-or multi-vessel coronary artery disease: there were 7 cases of left main coronary artery narrowing; 31 patients required full hospital admission, mainly because of the severity of coronary lesions. Minor complications occurred in 2% of cases.
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Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Catania.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Coronarografia ambulatoriale con cateteri 5 French: esperienza su 604 procedure.