Randomized Clinical Trial
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World J Cardiol. Nov 26, 2017; 9(11): 807-812
Published online Nov 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i11.807
Randomized study comparing incidence of radial artery occlusion post-percutaneous coronary intervention between two conventional compression devices using a novel air-inflation technique
Victor Voon, Muhammad AyyazUlHaq, Ciara Cahill, Kirsten Mannix, Catriona Ahern, Terence Hennessy, SamerArnous, Thomas Kiernan
Victor Voon, Muhammad AyyazUlHaq, Ciara Cahill, Kirsten Mannix, Catriona Ahern, Terry Hennessy, SamerArnous, Thomas Kiern, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland
Author contributions: Voon V performed data collection, analyzed and interpreted data, and wrote manuscript; AyyazUlHaq M, Cahill C, Mannix K, Ahern C, Hennessy T, Arnous S performed and conducted data collection; Kiernan T contributed to the conception and design of study and wrote manuscript; all authors critically reviewed the manuscript and approved it.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland.
Informed consent statement: All eligible patients gave written informed consent to participate in the study, prior enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no potential conflicting interests related to this paper.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available. Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at victor.voon@gmail.com. Presented data are anonymized and risk of identification is low.
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Correspondence to: Victor Voon, MB, MRCP(UK), Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Limerick, Saint Nessan’s Road, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland. kuanjoovoon@beaumont.ie
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Received: May 1, 2017
Peer-review started: May 1, 2017
First decision: July 20, 2017
Revised: August 1, 2017
Accepted: August 15, 2017
Article in press: August 16, 2017
Published online: November 26, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: Radial artery occlusion (RAO) is a rare but significant complication post-transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We found that post-PCI Doppler flow signal-detected RAO incidence was not significantly different between Safeguard Radial and TR band compression devices. However, with the use of a novel air-inflation technique, we observed significantly lower incidence of RAO in all patients regardless radial compression device, in the short-term compared to current literature. Therefore, this novel air-inflation technique may offer a pragmatic and effective solution in reducing RAO incidence.