Table 2. Lesion characteristics.
| Characteristics | Total population | PS-matched population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRA (n = 1,507) | TFA (n = 1,141) | P value | SMD | TRA (n = 772) | TFA (n = 772) | P value | SMD | ||
| Diseased vessela | < 0.001 | 0.178 | 0.950 | 0.007 | |||||
| 1 vessel | 617 (40.9) | 384 (33.7) | 280 (36.3) | 285 (36.9) | |||||
| 2 vessels | 611 (40.5) | 477 (41.8) | 326 (42.2) | 320 (41.5) | |||||
| 3 vessels | 279 (18.5) | 280 (24.5) | 166 (21.5) | 167 (21.6) | |||||
| Bifurcation location | < 0.001 | 0.190 | 0.506 | 0.063 | |||||
| Left main | 472 (31.3) | 463 (40.6) | 306 (39.6) | 283 (36.7) | |||||
| LAD/diagonal | 734 (48.7) | 474 (41.5) | 333 (43.1) | 349 (45.2) | |||||
| LCX/OM | 213 (14.1) | 137 (12.0) | 92 (11.9) | 104 (13.5) | |||||
| RCA (PL/PDA) | 88 (5.8) | 67 (5.9) | 41 (5.3) | 36 (4.7) | |||||
| Medina classification | < 0.001 | 0.038 | 0.215 | 0.005 | |||||
| 1.1.1 | 492 (32.6) | 347 (30.4) | 256 (33.2) | 228 (29.5) | |||||
| 1.0.1 | 100 (6.6) | 68 (6.0) | 47 (6.1) | 52 (6.7) | |||||
| 0.1.1 | 110 (7.3) | 138 (12.1) | 67 (8.7) | 92 (11.9) | |||||
| 1.0.0 | 181 (12.0) | 115 (10.1) | 83 (10.8) | 86 (11.1) | |||||
| 1.1.0 | 258 (17.1) | 169 (14.8) | 122 (15.8) | 108 (14.0) | |||||
| 0.1.0 | 324 (21.5) | 251 (22.0) | 171 (22.2) | 170 (22.0) | |||||
| 0.0.1 | 42 (2.8) | 53 (4.6) | 26 (3.4) | 36 (4.7) | |||||
| In-stent restenosis lesion | 32 (2.1) | 44 (3.9) | 0.008 | 0.102 | 20 (2.6) | 19 (2.5) | 0.871 | 0.008 | |
| Moderate to severe calcification | 308 (20.4) | 238 (20.9) | 0.791 | 0.010 | 169 (21.9) | 163 (21.1) | 0.710 | 0.019 | |
| Chronic total occlusion | 130 (8.6) | 159 (13.9) | < 0.001 | 0.168 | 80 (10.4) | 79 (10.2) | 0.933 | 0.004 | |
| Thrombotic lesion | 27 (1.8) | 44 (3.9) | 0.001 | 0.125 | 17 (2.2) | 17 (2.2) | > 0.999 | < 0.001 | |
Data are presented as number (%).
TRA = transradial access, TFA = transfemoral access, SMD = standardized mean difference, PS = propensity score, LAD = left anterior descending artery, LCX = left circumflex artery, OM = obtuse marginal artery, RCA = right coronary artery, PL = posterolateral artery, PDA = posterior descending artery.
aA diseased vessel was defined as a vessel with at least 50% stenosis.