Left Distal Transradial Approach for Coronary Intervention: Insights from Early Clinical Experience and Future Directions

Table 1

Patient data from preliminary researches of distal transradial approach.

Author	Year	Cases	CAG	PCI	Reasons
					STEMI	NSTEMI	UAP	SAP	Others
Kiemeneij F	2017	70	43 (61)	25 (36)	6 (9)	17 (24)	6 (9)	28 (40)	15 (21)
Lee JW	2018	200	187 (98)	87 (47)	17 (9)	45 (23)	74 (37)	38 (19)	26 (13)
Valsecchi O	2018	52	52 (100)	0 (0)	NA	NA	NA	34 (66)	13 (25)
Kim Y	2018	150	132 (88)	42 (48)	2 (1)	NA	NA	NA	NA
Soydan E	2018	54	54 (100)	20 (37)	10 (19)	6 (11)	1 (2)	NA	NA
Gasparini GL	2019	41	0 (0)	41 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	41 (100)

CAG: coronary angiography; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; SAP: stable angina pectoris; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NA: not available; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; UAP: unstable angina pectoris.