Shared Decision Making in Femoral vs. Radial Cardiac Catheterization

Shared decision making (SDM) is a strategy to assist with patient involvement in medical decisions. One of its pillars is patient knowledge and understanding, e.g. of the risks and benefits associated with specific procedures. We studied patient knowledge about transradial (TRA) and transfemoral (TFA) cardiac catheterization. A prospective study was conducted in 100 patients hospitalized following diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization - TRA in 71% of patients and remaining TFA. All patients were presented a standard balanced informed consent outlining risks and benefits.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 22, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Logan Schwarzman, Talya Miron-Shatz, Katherine Maki, Leon Hsueh, Eden Liu, Danit Tarashandegan, Felipe Mendez, Mladen I. Vidovich Source Type: research