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Table 3. Bleeding and complications of octogenarians undergoing transradial (TRI) and transfemoral (TFI) intervention.

Complications All patients Propensity score-matched patients
TRI, n = 184 (%) TFI, n = 70 (%) p TRI, n = 48 (%) TFI, n = 48(%) p
BARC ≥ 2 bleeding 20 (10.9) 17 (24.3) 0.007 6 (12.5) 14 (29.2) 0.044
BARC ≥ 3 bleeding 5 (2.7) 7 (10.0) 0.022 0 (0) 6 (12.5) 0.026
Access-site-related major bleeding 2 (1.1) 5 (7.1) 0.018 0 (0) 4 (8.3) 0.117
Non-access-site-related major bleeding 3 (1.6) 2 (2.9) 0.618 0 (0) 2 (4.2) 0.495
Access site complications 19 (10.3) 14 (20.0) 0.040 5 (10.4) 11 (22.9) 0.100
Local hematoma 18 (10.3) 10 (14.2) 0.306 5 (10.4) 9 (18.8) 0.247
Mediastinal hematoma 0 0 1 0 0 1
Retroperitoneal hematoma 0 2 (2.9) 0.021 0 1 (2.1) 1
Aneurysm 1 (0.5) 2 (2.9) 0.185 0 (0) 1 (2.1) 1
Arteriovenous fistula 0 0 1 0 0 1
Transfusion 2 (1.1) 4 (5.7) 0.051 0 (0) 2 (4.2) 0.495

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