Efficacy and Safety of Coronary Intervention via Distal Transradial Access (dTRA) in Patients with Low Body Mass Index

Table 2

Comparison of the efficacy between the two groups.

Characteristic	dTRA (n = 28)	cTRA (n = 39)
Procedural time (M/(P25, P75), min)	45 (20, 70)	30 (15, 50)	0.043
Procedural method (n (%))
CAG	15 (53.6)	25 (64.1)	0.386
PCI	13 (46.4)	14 (35.9)
Procedural category (n (%))
Emergency	6 (21.4)	9 (23.1)	0.873
Routine	22 (78.6)	30 (76.9)
Contrast dosage (M/(P25, P75), ml)	100 (50, 150)	60 (50, 100)	0.113
Radiation exposure time (M/(P25, P75), min)	9.5 (3.1, 15.1)	3.3 (1.7, 11.9)	0.181
Compression haemostasis time (M/(P25, P75), h)	4 (3, 6)	6 (6, 10)	<0.001

CAG, coronary angiography; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.