Comparison of Radifocus versus Silverway Guidewires for Percutaneous Radial Angiography Following Failed Use of a J-Tip Guidewire

07 April 2023 : Clinical Research

Deborah M.F. van den Buijs

^1ABCDEF*, Ella M. Poels^1ABDEF, Bert Ferdinande^1BDE, Daan Cottens^1BDE, Mathias Vrolix^1BE, Jeroen Dauw

^1C, Jo Dens^12ABCDE, Koen Ameloot^12ABCDE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939429

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939429

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Table 1 Patient numbers, baseline characteristics, and anatomical challenge.

	Silverway	Radifocus

# Randomized	49	51
# Cross-over^*	2	4
# Excluded^**	2	2
# Final analysis	47	49

Age	73±11	73±10
Male	14 (29%)	22 (43%)
Diabetes	7 (14%)	10 (20%)
Hypertension	40 (82%)	37 (73%)

Tortuosity	25 (53%)	28 (57%)
Spasm	12 (26%)	14 (29%)
Looping	2 (4%)	4 (8%)
Stenosis	4 (9%)	1 (2%)
Spasm and tortuosity	4 (9%)	2 (4%)
^* Mandatory cross-over to other study wire after failure of assigned study wire; ^** patients were excluded from final study analysis if both study wires failed to pass the anatomical obstacle within the pre-defined time limit.

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