Utility of a smartphone application in assessing palmar circulation prior to radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: rationale and design of the randomised CAPITAL iRADIAL-CABG trial

• Marc Ruel,
• George A Wells,
• Vincent Chan,
• Zeeshan Ahmed,
• Simon Parlow,
• Hadi Toeg,
• Cheng Yee Goh,
• Pietro Di Santo,
• Trevor Simard,
• Richard Jung,
• Louis Verreault-Julien,
• Peter Kuhar,
• Talal Al-Atassi,
• Jordan Bernick,
• Benjamin Hibbert

Affiliations

Marc Ruel

1 Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

George A Wells

5 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Vincent Chan

5 Department of Anesthsia, University Health Network-, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Zeeshan Ahmed

Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Simon Parlow

4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hadi Toeg

2Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cheng Yee Goh

CAPITAL Research Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Pietro Di Santo

CAPITAL Research Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Trevor Simard

Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Richard Jung

CAPITAL Research Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Louis Verreault-Julien

CAPITAL Research Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Peter Kuhar

Azumio Inc, Redwood City, San Francisco, USA

Talal Al-Atassi

Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jordan Bernick

Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Benjamin Hibbert

CAPITAL Research Group, Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada