Comparison of short- and medium-term clinical outcomes between transradial approach and transfemoral approach in a high-volume PCI heart center in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transradial approach (TRA) outweighed transfemoral approach (TFA) in acute coronary syndrome patients because the former has better short-term outcomes in high-volume percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centers. Our study was one of the limited studies specifically in comparing the short- and medium-term effects of TRA and those of TFA in patients undergoing elective PCIs.

Methods

A total of 21,242 patients who underwent elective PCI with stent implantation were included. Using propensity score methodology, 1,634 patient pairs were matched. Major clinical outcomes and PCI-related complications between TRA and TFA were compared.

Results

In the propensity score-matched patients, the rates of in-hospital net adverse clinical events, which included death,

SUBMITTER: He P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4380354 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature