What does TR stand for in TR Band?

What does TR stand for in TR Band?

Radial hemostasis device used for Cardiac Cath or Interventional Radiology procedures.

What is a TR Band cardiac cath?

TR Band is a compression device designed to assist haemostasis of the radial artery after a transradial procedure.

What is a transradial procedure?

Transradial cardiac catheterization is a procedure used to treat and diagnose certain heart conditions. It is also known as transradial cardiac cath or angiography. During the procedure, a healthcare provider inserts a long thin tube (catheter) through the radial artery. The radial artery is a blood vessel in the arm.

What is radial artery hemostasis?

Radial artery hemostasis, despite being an apparently simple process and highly efficacious at preventing bleeding complications, has serious implications for radial artery flow and lumen preservation. Applying current best practices is the most evidence-based approach to optimal radial hemostasis.

How much air can you put in a TR Band?

The TR Band inflator syringe is filled with 18 cc of air and slowly injected into the one-way side port which inflates the balloon overlying the radial artery. Concomitantly, the radial sheath is slowly pulled out completely, as the balloon is inflated to the maximum of 18 cc of air.

Is a heart cath the same as an angiogram?

Cardiac catheterization (also called cardiac cath or coronary angiogram) is an invasive imaging procedure that allows your doctor to evaluate your heart function.

How long is a heart cath procedure take?

The cardiac catheterization procedure itself generally takes 30 minutes, but the preparation and recovery time add several hours to your appointment time (five to nine hours or longer).

How much air can a TR hold?

Nominal air injection volume: 13 mL. Maximum air injection volume: 18 mL.

Is bivalirudin an anticoagulant?

Bivalirudin is an anticoagulant. Therefore, bleeding is an expected adverse event. In clinical trials, bivalirudin treated patients exhibited statistically significantly lower rates of bleeding than patients treated with heparin plus a GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor.

Does bivalirudin improve outcomes in neonatal and pediatric ECMO patients?

The investigators hypothesize that neonatal and pediatric ECMO patients receiving bivalirudin will spend more time at goal anticoagulation and will experience less hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications when compared to patients receiving unfractionated heparin. Primary aim will be to compare the efficacy of bivalirudin to unfractionated heparin.

Is bivalirudin more effective than lepirudin?

Clinically significant bleeding in patients treated with bivalirudin was significantly lower than that observed with argatroban or lepirudin (7% vs. 22% vs. 56%, p = 0.02).

What is the difference between bivalirudin and argatroban?

The INR was increased more in patients treated with argatroban than lepirudin and bivalirudin (1.3 vs. 0.3 vs. 0.4, p = 0.4). Clinically significant bleeding in patients treated with bivalirudin was significantly lower than that observed with argatroban or lepirudin (7% vs. 22% vs. 56%, p = 0.02).