title: Day case transradial coronary angioplasty: a four-year single-center experience.
abstract: We examined the safety and feasibility of elective outpatient transradial coronary angioplasty (PCI). Four hundred and forty two patients underwent procedures over a 4-year period. Over 95% had an excellent angiographic result and 85% were discharged the same day. Radial access was successful in 417 (94%) patients. There were no major vascular complications. One patient died of a subacute stent thrombosis. Outpatient transradial PCI is safe and feasible for the majority of elective PCI cases.
authors.affiliation: Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. a_wiper@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiper
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D017534:Radial Artery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome