Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison of the safety between the two groups.

CharacteristicsdTRA (n = 28)cTRA (n = 39)

Bleeding (BARC II) (n (%))3 (10.7)7 (17.9)0.388
Haematoma (EASY I) (n (%))1 (3.6)0 (0.0)0.240
Numbness (n (%))0 (0.0)2 (5.1)0.224
Hand swelling (n (%))0 (0.0)1 (2.6)0.393
VAS (M/(P25, P75))2 (2, 3)3 (3, 4.5)<0.001

VAS, visual analogue scale; BARC, Bleeding Academic Research Consortium; EASY, Early Discharge After Transradial Stenting of Coronary Arteries.