Incidence and Predictors of Catheterization-Related Cerebral Infarction on Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 3

Procedural characteristics.

	All	CI	No CI
No. of catheters used	2.35 ± 1.0	2.85 ± 1.1	2.12 ± 0.87		0.004
Catheter size, Fr	4.31 ± 0.66	4.44 ± 0.80	4.25 ± 0.58	0.25
Contrast volume, mL	122.8 ± 55	128 ± 55	120 ± 55	0.57
Fluoroscopy time, min	18.9 ± 13.1	22.7 ± 14	17.1 ± 12.3	0.08
LV angiogram, %	45.2	48.2	43.9	0.71
Ao angiogram, %	13.1	11.1	14.0	0.71
Urgent, %	11.9	22.2	7.0	0.05
IABP, %	1.2	3.7	0	0.14
Purpose of procedure
Diagnostic, %	85.7	74.1	91.2	0.04
Interventional, %	14.3	25.9	8.8	0.04
Approach site
Upper limbs, %	81.0	81.5	80.7	0.93
Femoral, %	19.0	18.5	19.3	0.93

Included in multivariate analysis.
LVG: left ventriculography; AoG: aortography; IABP: intra-aortic balloon pumping.