Effect of Heparin on Femoral Arterial Sheaths Thrombosis During Diagnostic Coronary Angiography

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The project tests the incidence of femoral arterial sheath thrombus formation during diagnostic coronary angiography and effect of intravenous (iv) heparin bolus administration in reducing this risk in comparison to placebo.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Adult Cardiology Department.
• Treatments: Calcium heparin; Heparin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Included all adult patients undergoing cardiac catheterization

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication to heparin

• Platelet count <100,000/mm3

• Patient with bleeding diathesis or hypercoagulable state.

• Use of chronic anticoagulation with INR > 1.4

• Patient refusal or inability to follow the protocol