. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 8.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Sep 8;66(10):1119–1128. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.1332

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics^*

Parameter	Category	Frequency
Age, years		54.9 ± 16.4
Sex	Male	111 (52)
Sex	Female	101 (48)
Cancer type	Lung	61 (29)
	Acute myeloblastic leukemia	34 (16)
	Lymphoma	27 (13)
	Breast	22 (10)
	Gastrointestinal	16 (8)
	Other	52 (25)
Chemotherapy within 6 weeks		122 (58)
Mediastinal radiation therapy	≤1 year	33 (16)
Mediastinal radiation therapy	>1 year	35 (17)
Stem cell transplantation		39 (18)
Blood thinners	Heparin derivative	76 (36)
	Antiplatelet	39 (18)
	Oral anticoagulant	10 (5)
Baseline abnormal coagulation profile	Prothrombin time >16 seconds	91 (43)
Baseline abnormal coagulation profile	Thrombocytopenia (<150,000/µl)	79 (37)
Access wire size	5-F micropuncture kit	187 (88)
Access wire size	>5-F	25 (12)

Values are mean ± SD or n (%).

N = 212