Patient preference for radial versus femoral vascular access for elective coronary procedures: The PREVAS study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore patient preference for vascular access site in percutaneous coronary procedures, the perceived importance of benefits and risks of transradial access (TRA) and transfemoral access (TFA) were assessed. In addition, direct preference for vascular access and preference for shared decision making (SDM) were evaluated.

Background

TRA has gained significant ground on TFA during the last decades. Surveys on patient preference have mostly been performed in dedicated TRA trials.

Methods

In the PREVAS study (Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02625493) a stated preference elicitation method best-worst scaling (BWS) was used to determine patient preference for six treatment attributes: bleeding, switch of access-site, postprocedural vessel quality, mobilization and com

SUBMITTER: Kok MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811812 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature