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Relationship between platelet/hemoglobin and radial thrombus in patients with coronary angiography via radial access
Sidar Ş Aydın1, Emrah Aksakal1, İbrahim Saraç1
1Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Regional Training & Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Erzurum, 25030, Turkey.
Abstract:
Aim: To predict the development of radial artery thrombus (RAT) in patients with radial approach coronary angiography of platelet-to-hemoglobin ratio (PHR). Materials & methods: This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between RAT and PHR. A total of 1156 patients who had coronary angiography via the transradial approach between 2021 and 2022 in the authors' center were included in the study. Results: Radial thrombus was detected in 52 (4.5%) patients. PHR was higher in the group with thrombus and was statistically significant. In the regression model, PHR was an independent predictor of the development of radial thrombus (p = 0.007). Conclusion: High PHR may be an independent predictor of the development of radial thrombus.
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