A Randomized Trial Comparing Short versus Prolonged Hemostasis with Rescue Recanalization by Ipsilateral Ulnar Artery Compression: Impact on Radial Artery Occlusion—The RESCUE-RAO Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	Prolonged hemostasis (n = 503)	Short-time hemostasis (n = 495)
Age	61.6 ± 9.9	61.1 ± 9.0	0.43
Height	172.9 ± 8.0	172.9 ± 6.6	0.77
Weight	84.1 ± 11.06	83.9 ± 13.6	0.85
Body mass index	28.1 ± 3.8	28.1 ± 2.9	0.96
Smoking	131 (26%)	122 (24%)	0.69
Diabetes mellitus	106 (21%)	121 (24%)	0.27
Dyslipidemia	134 (27%)	149 (30%)	0.33
Male	367 (73%)	341 (69%)	0.21
Arterial hypertension	448 (89%)	456 (92%)	0.12
Dose of heparin, 1000 IU	7.42 ± 2.92	7.53 ± 2.73	0.42
Diameter of radial artery	2.32 ± 0.38	2.3 ± 0.5	0.58
Body surface area	2 ± 0.19	2 ± 0.16	0.95
PCI	252 (50%)	248 (50%)	1.0