Outpatient angiography: a prospective study of 3 French catheters in unselected patients.
Financial constraints and bed shortages led to a re-evaluation of the policy of routine hospital admission for angiography. All patients referred for peripheral and renal angiography over an 8 month period had the procedure performed as an outpatient with a 3 F catheter. Patients were kept supine for 1 h and discharged 2 h after the angiogram. No significant complications resulted from the early mobilization of 219 patients who had outpatient 3 F angiography. It was a safe, well tolerated procedure, resulting in images of consistently adequate quality.
Department of Clinical Radiology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.
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Fitzgerald
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Andrew
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Conway
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Hackett
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Chalmers
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003288:Contusions / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies