Table 2. Upper vascular anomalies in the two study groups and in successful and failed procedures.
SG (n=114) | CG (n=1,482) | p-value | Procedural success (n=1,384) | Procedural failure (n=212) | p-value | |
A group | 97 (85%) | 1,171 (79%) | 0.1 | 1,098 (97%) | 170 (80%) | 0.8 |
Radial stenosis or atherosclerosis | 5 (4%) | 60 (4%) | 0.8 | 52 (4%) | 13 (6%) | 0.1 |
Radial occlusion | 2 (2%) | 10 (0.6%) | 0.2 | 8 (0.5%) | 4 (2%) | 0.06 |
Remnant radial artery | 53 (46%) | 458 (31%) | 0.001 | 445 (32%) | 66 (31%) | 0.8 |
Radial tortuosity >45 degree | 31 (27%) | 584 (39%) | 0.009 | 545 (39%) | 70 (33%) | 0.08 |
Radial loop 360° | 15 (12%) | 173 (12%) | 0.6 | 129 (9%) | 59 (28%) | 0.0001 |
Brachial loop | 2 (2%) | 34 (2%) | 1 | 30 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 0.4 |
Brachial tortuosity | 10 (9%) | 139 (9%) | 1 | 139 (10%) | 10 (5%) | 0.01 |
B group | 21 (18%) | 362 (24%) | 0.1 | 325 (23%) | 58 (27%) | 0.2 |
Axillary or subclavian tortuosity | 18 (16%) | 282 (19%) | 0.4 | 260 (19%) | 40 (19%) | 1 |
Axillary or subclavian stenosis or occlusion | 5 (4%) | 91 (6%) | 0.5 | 73 (5%) | 23 (11%) | 0.003 |
C group | 1 (0.8%) | 44 (3%) | 0.3 | 39 (3%) | 6 (3%) | 1 |
Lusoria | 1 (0.8%) | 36 (2%) | 0.5 | 34 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 0.4 |
Aortic elongation | 0 | 8 (0.5%) | 1 | 5 (0.3%) | 3 (1%) | 0.07 |