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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