Research Article
Safety and Feasibility of Ultrasound-Guided Access for Coronary Interventions through Distal Left Radial Route
Table 4
Comparison between left distal radial and right radial access procedures.
| | Left distal radial access | Right radial access | p value |
| | Mean procedure time in minutes with standard deviation | | Total | 55.7 ± 32.8 | 43.9 ± 26.0 | 0.01 | | CAG | 37.3 ± 15.4 | 32.9 ± 16.1 | 0.05 | | PCI | 92.1 ± 27.3 | 73.4 ± 24.7 | 0.004 | | Median fluoroscopic time in minutes with interquartile range | | Total | 6.6 (14.2) | 4.7 (8.2) | 0.02 | | CAG | 3.6 (3.5) | 3.1 (3.3) | 0.11 | | PCI | 22.3 (15.6) | 15.4 (11.1) | 0.02 | | Median radiation dose area product in Gray-cm2 with interquartile range | | Total | 39.2 (97.0) | 43.8 (54.5) | 0.56 | | CAG | 26.2 (20.5) | 34.9 (21.6) | 0.01 | | PCI | 153.3 (119.4) | 137.7 (151.7) | 0.46 |
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CAG: coronary angiography; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; cm: centimetre.
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