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ArticleJACC. Advances2025

Impact of Anthropometric Measures on Distal vs Conventional Radial Access for Percutaneous Coronary Procedures.

Gregory A Sgueglia, Adel Aminian, Marcus Wiemer, Joëlle Kefer, Gabriele L Gasparini, Zoltan Ruzsa, Maarten A H van Leeuwen, Claudiu Ungureanu, Gregor Leibundgut, Bert Vandeloo and 6 more

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Gregory A SguegliaDivision of Cardiology, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: g.a.sgueglia@gamil.com.
Adel AminianDepartment of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
Marcus WiemerDepartment of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Johannes Wesling University Hospital Ruhr University Bochum, Minden, Germany.
Joëlle KeferDivision of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Gabriele L GaspariniCardio Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milan, Italy.
Zoltan RuzsaInvasive Cardiology Division, Internal Medicine Department, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary; Cardiac and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Maarten A H van LeeuwenDepartment of Cardiology, Isala Heart Center, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
Claudiu UngureanuDepartment of Cardiology, Jolimont Hospital, La Louvière, Belgium.
Gregor LeibundgutUniversity Heart Center, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Bert VandelooDepartment of Cardiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Sasko KedevInterventional Cardiology Department, University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje, Macedonia.
Ivo BernatDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Karim RatibKeele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom.
Juan F IglesiasDepartment of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Elias Al HageDepartment of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
Shigeru SaitoDepartment of Cardiology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Abstract

Background: Results from the Distal vs Conventional Radial Access (DISCO RADIAL) trial confirmed distal radial access (DRA) as a valid alternative to conventional transradial access, with equally low rates of radial artery occlusion (RAO), yet higher crossovers but shorter hemostasis. Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate whether patient anthropometric measures influence the effect of randomized access on key secondary outcomes. Methods: DISCO RADIAL was an international, multicenter, randomized controlled trial in which patients with indications for percutaneous coronary procedure using a 6-F Slender sheath were randomized to DRA (n = 650) or transradial access (n = 657) implementing best practices to reduce RAO. The primary endpoint of the trial was incidence of forearm RAO, which was extremely uncommon. Secondary endpoints, including sheath insertion time, radial artery spasm, crossover (failure to obtain access through assigned access site), hemostasis time, and access site complications, were the focus of the current analysis. Regression models (linear for continuous and logistic for binary outcomes) were used to determine whether anthropometric measures (weight, height, body mass index, and body surface area) influenced the effect of randomized access on outcomes. Results: Across tertiles of weight, height, body mass index, and body surface area, both before and after adjustment for sex and age, the main effect of vascular access on radial artery spasm, crossover, hemostasis time, and access site complications remained, with no significant interaction effect. Conclusions: The results of this exploratory analysis are consistent with the main findings of the trial and support the use of DRA in all patients, regardless of anthropometric measures.

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body mass indexbody surface areadistal radial accessheighttransradial accessweight

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