Feasibility and Safety of the Distal Transradial Artery for Coronary Diagnostic or Interventional Catheterization

Table 3

Characteristics of successful and failed cannulation in patients receiving dTRA.

		Successful	Failed
Subjects, n		432	18
Age, years		50.93 ± 9.60	52.34 ± 10.64	0.627
Female		229 (50.89)	11 (61.11)	0.476
Body mass index		24.15 ± 3.57	22.08 ± 3.31	0.034
SBP at the cath lab, mmHg		130.17 ± 13.75	129.71 ± 14.83	0.904
DBP at the cath lab, mmHg		76.14 ± 3.16	74.32 ± 11.22	0.096
Heart rate at the cath lab, bpm		76.28 ± 12.21	76.57 ± 9.44	0.930
Hypertension		60 (13.89)	2 (11.11)	0.540
Diabetes mellitus		34 (7.87)	1 (5.56)	0.682
Current smoking		196 (27.31)	5 (27.78)	0.845
Previous cardiac catheterization		32 (7.41)	2 (11.11)	0.382
LVEF, %		55.4 ± 11.4	56.1 ± 10.3	0.550
Interventional catheterization	STEMI	41 (9.50)	2 (11.11)	0.345
	NSTEMI-ACS	174 (40.28)	7 (38.87)	0.948

Reported as n (%), unless noted otherwise. ACS, acute coronary syndrome; APT, antiplatelet therapy; NSTEMI, non-ST-elevation myocardial infraction.