Coronary disease & ACSTrial design
Design and rationale of the Radial Access Insertion Sheath Evaluation via the electronic medical record (RAISE-EMR) study
- pragmatic randomized study
- entirely EMR-based randomized study design
- 3 hospitals
- non-human subject research
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing coronary angiography using 6-French radial artery accessrandomized over 37 days across 3 hospitals, among 1696 eligible unique patients (32.7%)
- Participants
- 554 patients
- Planned comparison
- 2 commercially available radial artery introducer sheaths, one of which has a higher acquisition cost
- Primary endpoint
- physician satisfaction score
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
Design and rationale of the Radial Access Insertion Sheath Evaluation via the electronic medical record (RAISE-EMR) study. Am Heart J. Published 7 May 2026. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107476
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it