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 3

Frequency of complications.

	Prolonged hemostasis (n = 503)	Short-time hemostasis (n = 495)
Rate of RAO after removal	51 (10.1%)	16 (3.2%)	<0.001
Rate of 24-hour RAO	51 (10.1%)	7 (1.4%)	<0.001
Bleeding	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1.0
Hematoma (stage 1-2)	11 (2.2%)	11 (2.2%)	1,0
Hematoma (≥ stage 3)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1.0