TY - JOUR
T1 - Left vs. right radial approach for coronary catheterization
T2 - Relation to age and severe aortic stenosis
AU - Will, Maximilian
AU - Weiss, Thomas W
AU - Weber, Michael
AU - Kwok, Chun Shing
AU - Borovac, Josip A
AU - Lamm, Gudrun
AU - Unterdechler, Markus
AU - Aufhauser, Simone
AU - Nolan, Jim
AU - Mascherbauer, Julia
AU - Schwarz, Konstantin
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support of the Open Access Publishing Fund of Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Will, Weiss, Weber, Kwok, Borovac, Lamm, Unterdechler, Aufhauser, Nolan, Mascherbauer and Schwarz.
PY - 2022/10/31
Y1 - 2022/10/31
N2 - BACKGROUND: Old age and the presence of aortic stenosis are associated with the unfolding of the intrathoracic aorta. This may result in increased difficulties navigating catheters from the right compared to the left radial approach.OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether increasing age or presence of severe aortic stenosis was associated with increased catheterization success rates from left (LRA) compared to right radial artery approach (RRA).METHODS: We compared coronary angiography success rates of RRA and LRA according to different age groups and in a subgroup of patients with severe aortic stenosis.RESULTS: A total of 21,259 coronary angiographies were evaluated. With increasing age, the first pass success rate from either radial access decreased significantly (p < 0.001). In patients aged <85 years, there was no difference between LRA and RRA. However, in patients aged ≥85 years, LRA was associated with significantly higher success rates compared to RRA (90.1 vs. 82.8%, p = 0.003). Patients aged ≥85 years received less contrast agent and had shorter fluoroscopy time when LRA was used [86.6 ± 41.1 vs. 99.6 ± 48.7 ml (p < 0.001) and 4.5 ± 4.1 min vs. 6.2 ± 5.7 min (p < 0.001), mean (±SD)]. In patients with severe aortic stenosis (n = 589) better first pass success rates were observed via LRA compared to the RRA route (91.9 vs. 85.1%, p = 0.037).CONCLUSION: LRA, compared to RRA, is associated with a higher first-pass catheter success rate for coronary artery angiography in patients aged ≥85 years and those with severe aortic stenosis.
AB - BACKGROUND: Old age and the presence of aortic stenosis are associated with the unfolding of the intrathoracic aorta. This may result in increased difficulties navigating catheters from the right compared to the left radial approach.OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether increasing age or presence of severe aortic stenosis was associated with increased catheterization success rates from left (LRA) compared to right radial artery approach (RRA).METHODS: We compared coronary angiography success rates of RRA and LRA according to different age groups and in a subgroup of patients with severe aortic stenosis.RESULTS: A total of 21,259 coronary angiographies were evaluated. With increasing age, the first pass success rate from either radial access decreased significantly (p < 0.001). In patients aged <85 years, there was no difference between LRA and RRA. However, in patients aged ≥85 years, LRA was associated with significantly higher success rates compared to RRA (90.1 vs. 82.8%, p = 0.003). Patients aged ≥85 years received less contrast agent and had shorter fluoroscopy time when LRA was used [86.6 ± 41.1 vs. 99.6 ± 48.7 ml (p < 0.001) and 4.5 ± 4.1 min vs. 6.2 ± 5.7 min (p < 0.001), mean (±SD)]. In patients with severe aortic stenosis (n = 589) better first pass success rates were observed via LRA compared to the RRA route (91.9 vs. 85.1%, p = 0.037).CONCLUSION: LRA, compared to RRA, is associated with a higher first-pass catheter success rate for coronary artery angiography in patients aged ≥85 years and those with severe aortic stenosis.
KW - aortic stenosis (AS)
KW - aortic unfolding
KW - coronary angiography (CAG)
KW - elderly patients
KW - radial access
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U2 - 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1022415
DO - 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1022415
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36386308
SN - 2297-055X
VL - 9
SP - 1022415
JO - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
M1 - 1022415
ER -