Tag Archives: catheterisation
November 2024 Br J Cardiol 2024;31:139–43 doi:10.5837/bjc.2024.047
Devising and delivering the UK’s first nurse-led cardiac catheter laboratory radial access programme
Dorota Wojcik, Rithik Mohan Singh Sindhi, Mahmood Ahmad, Tim Lockie, Roby Rakhit, John Gerry Coghlan
Introduction While undertaking percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at a tertiary-care cardiology suite, radial artery access (RAA) has demonstrated the advantage of reduced bleeding-related complications as compared with the traditional femoral artery access.1 The utilisation of RAA has significantly increased, with a majority of UK hospitals adopting this approach as the preferred method. The National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) national dataset reported that in 2015, up to 80.5% of cases were undertaken via the RAA route, which was a significant rise from 2004 (10.2%).2 Compared with femoral angiography, rad
July 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22:(3) doi:10.5837/bjc.2015.024
The use of EKOS-catheter-directed thrombolysis in the management of extensive thromboembolism
Lisa Leung, Aerakondal B Gopalamurugan
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May 2015 Br J Cardiol 2015;22(suppl 1):S2–S15 doi:10.5837/bjc.2015.s01
Pulmonary hypertension in UK clinical practice: an update
Dr J Simon R Gibbs, Dr J Gerry Coghlan, Dr David G Kiely, Dr S John Wort
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February 2014 Br J Cardiol 2014;21:7–8 doi:10.5837/bjc.2014.001 Online First
Ageism and coronary angiography
Thomas Green, John Baxter, Sam McClure
The study The research is presented as a retrospective case-control study in the modern era of coronary intervention, and gives some insight into current practice. Data from 100 randomly selected patients aged over 80 years and a control group aged below 70 years were taken from a district general hospital (DGH) DCA database. This method of patient selection is perhaps the major weakness of the study. There will inevitably have been a high degree of case selection – particularly of older patients – with those put forward deemed appropriate for DCA (and by implication also considered ‘reasonable’ candidates for revascularisation). The
May 2009 Br J Cardiol 2009;16:137–40
Early ambulation of patients post-angiography with femoral puncture
Olga Gillane, Michael Pollard
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March 2002 Br J Cardiol 2002;9:
Quality of life and economic issues
Peter F Ludman
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