The Rise of Transradial Artery Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes in Australia

Table 3

Unadjusted analysis of procedural outcomes at 12 months.

	TFA group	TRA group	value	Likelihood ratio
Death	150 (6.3%)	37 (3.0%)	<0.0001	19.4
Stent thrombosis	16 (0.7%)	7 (0.6%)	0.82	0.135
Myocardial infarction	93 (3.9%)	22 (1.8%)	0.0004	12.9
Target lesion revascularisation	69 (2.9%)	12 (1.0%)	<0.0001	15.6
CABG	35 (1.5%)	7 (0.6%)	0.0205	6.4
Haematoma	42 (1.8%)	5 (0.4%)	0.0003	14
BARC 2 bleeding events	26 (1.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0.0029	8.9
BARC 3 bleeding events	24 (1.00%)	5 (0.4%)	0.0426	4.1

Statistically significant (). TFA = transfemoral artery access. TRA = transradial artery access. CABG  =  coronary artery bypass graft. BARC  =  Bleeding Academic Research Consortium.