Characteristic | RAL+PSS | PSS only | P value |
Number of participants | 20 | 20 | |
Median age | 59 | 56 | 0.68 |
% female | 70 | 55 | 0.327 |
Femoral atherosclerosis | |||
None | 5 | 6 | 0.88 |
Mild | 11 | 12 | |
Moderate | 1 | 0 | |
Severe | 3 | 2 | |
Procedure type | |||
Aneurysm embolization | 9 | 5 | 0.45 |
AVM embolization | 3 | 6 | |
dAVF embolization | 3 | 3 | |
Tumor embolization | 2 | 2 | |
Other | 3 | 4 |
Other cases included three venous stenting procedures for idiopathic intracranial hypertension, two intracranial angioplasty procedures, one spinal angiogram, and one pipeline reconstruction of arterial dissection.
AVM, arteriovenous malformation; dAVF, dural arteriovenous fistula; PSS, pressure-sensing sheath; RAL, radial arterial line.