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Predictors of success and puncture site complications in the distal radial approach

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The distal radial approach (DRA) has been proposed as an alternative approach for coronary angiography (CAG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, the predictors of DRA failure and puncture site complications are unclear. Among 7153 consecutive patients undergoing CAG or PCI between November 2018 and January 2021, 3610 patients undergoing CAG or PCI with DRA were analyzed. The primary endpoint of this study was the procedural success, and the secondary endpoint of this study was puncture site complications during procedure. Puncture site complications during procedure were defined as a composite of major bleeding, minor bleeding, arteriovenous fistula, pseudoaneurysm, and neuropathy. The DRA success rate and the puncture site complication rate were 90.4% and 7.7%, respectively. The predictors of DRA failure were low body weight and dual antiplatelet therapy; those of DRA success were PCI and ultrasonography-guided DRA; those of puncture site complications during procedure were low body weight, peripheral arterial disease, dual antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulant therapy, and PCI; and that of no puncture site complications were previous PCI and ultrasonography-guided DRA. The negative predictors of DRA success with no puncture site complication during procedure were low body weight and dual antiplatelet therapy. The positive predictor of DRA success with no puncture site complication during procedure was ultrasonography-guided DRA. We identified the predictors of DRA failure and puncture site complications during procedure in patients undergoing CAG and PCI with DRA. Ultrasonography-guided DRA was associated with a high DRA success rate and a low puncture site complication rate in patients undergoing CAG or PCI with DRA.

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The authors are grateful to the staff members of the cardiac catheterization laboratory, and Miho Kobayashi, and Makiko Kanaike, for their assistance with the manuscript. The authors also thank Hayato Shimizu and his colleagues for technical assistance.

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    Akihiro Ikuta, Shunsuke Kubo, Kohei Osakada, Makoto Takamatsu, Kotaro Takahashi, Masanobu Ohya, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takeshi Tada, Yasushi Fuku & Kazushige Kadota

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Ikuta, A., Kubo, S., Osakada, K. et al. Predictors of success and puncture site complications in the distal radial approach. Heart Vessels 38, 147–156 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-022-02152-6

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