Overall | Before long sheath | After long sheath | P value | |
All, n, % total | 747 | 500 (66.9) | 247 (33.1) | |
Age, mean, SD | 55.8 (16) | 55.5 (15.6) | 56.4 (16.9) | 0.4706 |
Female, n, col % | 485 (64.9) | 336 (67.2) | 149 (60.3) | 0.0639 |
Procedure, n, col % | 0.8779 | |||
Diagnostic angiogram | 636 (85.1) | 425 (85) | 211 (85.4) | |
Intervention | 111 (14.9) | 75 (15) | 36 (14.6) | |
Radial artery diameter, mean, SD | 2.6 (0.6) | 2.6 (0.6) | 2.5 (0.6) | 0.2142 |
Radiographic RAS, n, col % | 174 (24.2) | 119 (24.9) | 55 (22.8) | 0.5399 |
Clinical RAS, n, col % | 72 (9.6) | 41 (8.2) | 31 (12.6) | 0.0580 |
Radial anomalies, n, col % | 0.6770 | |||
High-bifurcation radial origin | 68 (9.4) | 44 (9.1) | 24 (10) | |
Radial loop | 23 (3.2) | 15 (3.1) | 8 (3.3) | |
Sheath size, n, col % | 0.3589 | |||
5F | 646 (86.9) | 428 (85.9) | 218 (89.0) | |
6F | 95 (12.8) | 68 (13.7) | 27 (11.0) | |
7F | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
Overall access site conversions, n, col % | 67 (9.0) | 50 (10.0) | 17 (6.9) | 0.1607 |
Access site conversions from clinical RAS, n, col % | 43 (5.8) | 33 (6.6) | 10 (4.0) | <0.0001 |
Periprocedural complications, n, col % | 21 (2.8) | 15 (3.0) | 6 (2.4) | 0.6570 |
col %, column percent; F, French; n, number of patients; RAS, radial artery spasm.;