Author/Authors :
Louvard، نويسنده , , Yves and Benamer، نويسنده , , Hakim and Garot، نويسنده , , Philippe and Hildick-Smith، نويسنده , , David and Loubeyre، نويسنده , , Christophe and Rigattieri، نويسنده , , Stefano and Monchi، نويسنده , , Mehran and Lefèvre، نويسنده , , Thierry and Hamon، نويسنده , , Martial، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This prospective multicenter study was conducted to compare the incidence of significant vascular complications delaying hospital discharge after coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between the radial approach (n = 192) and the femoral approach (n = 185) in octogenarians, a rapidly growing population with numerous risk factors for complications. By intention-to-treat analysis, the incidence of vascular complications was found to be significantly less in the radial group (1.6% vs 6.5%, p = 0.03), without any decrease in the efficacy of PCI and only a slight increase in procedure duration for coronary angiography. All vascular complications, except for 1, occurred in patients treated with the transfemoral approach.
