Characteristics | Radial (n = 57) | Femoral (n = 57) | p Value | ||
Diffusion of the coronary artery disease | |||||
One-vessel disease, n (%) | 27 (47.4) | 30 (52.6) | |||
Two-vessel disease, n (%) | 16 (28.1) | 20 (35.1) | 0.22 | ||
Three-vessel disease, n (%) | 14 (24.6) | 7 (12.3) | |||
Target lesion, n (%) | |||||
LAD | 29 (50.9) | 26 (45.6) | |||
Left circumflex | 8 (14.0) | 8 (14.0) | 0.83 | ||
Right coronary | 20 (35.1) | 23 (40.4) | |||
ACC/AHA type of lesion, n (%) | |||||
A | 5 (8.8) | 4 (7.0) | |||
B1 | 23 (40.4) | 27 (47.4) | 0.60 | ||
B2 | 18 (31.6) | 16 (28.1) | |||
C | 11 (19.3) | 10 (17.5) | |||
Target vessel diameter (mm), mean (SD) | 3.06 (0.08) | 3.02 (0.06) | 0.75 | ||
Pre-PCI TIMI flow grade, n (%) | |||||
0 | 27 (47.4) | 31 (54.4) | |||
1 | 5 (8.8) | 5 (8.8) | 0.87 | ||
2 | 11 (19.3) | 9 (15.8) | |||
3 | 14 (24.6) | 12 (21.1) | |||
Coronary angiography duration (min), mean (SD) | 17 (8) | 13 (6) | <0.01 | ||
Contrast medium (ml), mean (SD) | 78 (5.2) | 73 (4.6) | 0.47 | ||
Cross over, n (%) | 7 (12.3) | 1 (1.8) | 0.03 | ||
Indication of PCI, n (%) | |||||
Primary PCI | 26 (45.6) | 32 (56.1) | |||
Rescue PCI | 28 (49.1) | 20 (35.1) | 0.65 | ||
Facilitated PCI | 3 (5.3) | 5 (8.8) | |||
Size of guiding-catheters, n (%) | |||||
5 French | 51 (89.5) | 53 (93.0) | 0.66 | ||
6 French | 6 (10.5) | 4 (7.0) | |||
Guiding-catheters for PCI, mean (SD) | 1.24 (0.68) | 1.11 (0.42) | 0.25 | ||
Stents (n), mean (SD) | 1.15 (0.36) | 1.28 (0.61) | 0.22 | ||
Direct stent implantation, n (%) | 29 (50.9) | 27 (47.4) | 0.87 | ||
Stent with predilatation, n (%) | 25 (43.9) | 27 (47.4) | |||
Overall stent length (mm), mean (SD) | 17.5 (0.9) | 20.4 (1.8) | 0.22 | ||
Stent diameter (mm), mean (SD) | 3.17 (0.05) | 3.18 (0.06) | 0.86 | ||
Angiographic success of PCI, n (%) | 52 (91.2) | 55 (96.5) | 0.43 | ||
Duration of PCI (min), mean (SD) | 28 (14) | 26 (18) | 0.72 | ||
Delay: pain onset to TIMI 3 flow (min), mean (SD) | 450 (46) | 381 (31) | 0.22 | ||
Contrast medium for PCI (ml), mean (SD) | 97 (57) | 91 (47) | 0.45 | ||
Overall fluoroscopy duration (min), mean (SD) | 13 (9) | 8 (6) | <0.01 |
ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.