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Louvard, Yves; Benamer, Hakim; Garot, Philippe; Hildick-Smith, David; Loubeyre, Christophe; Rigattieri, Stefano; Monchi, Mehran; Lefèvre, Thierry; Hamon, Martial
The American journal of cardiology, 11/2004, Volume: 94, Issue: 9Journal Article
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.
