Trends in Vascular Complications After Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Via the Femoral Artery, 1998 to 2007
Robert J. Applegate, MD, FACC*,
Matthew T. Sacrinty, MPH,
Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC,
Frederic R. Kahl, MD, FACC,
Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, FACC,
Renato M. Santos, MD, FACC,
William C. Little, MD, FACC
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Figure 1 Any Vascular Complications by Procedure and Closure Method
Graph depicting the incidence of any vascular complication by procedure type and closure method from 1998 to 2007. CATH = diagnostic cardiac catheterization; MC = manual compression; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; VCD = vascular closure device.
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Figure 2 Any Vascular Complications by Vascular Closure Device
Graph of the incidence of any vascular complication by procedure type and vascular closure device from 1998 to 2007. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.
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Figure 3 Any Vascular Complications by Sheath Size
Graph of the incidence of any vascular complication for each sheath size for PCI and CATH from 1998 to 2007. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.
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Figure 4 Risk-Adjusted Incidence of Vascular Complications
Graph of the incidence of any vascular complication by procedure type and closure method from 1998 to 2007 adjusted for patient and procedural confounders. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.
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Figure 5 ORs of Vascular Complications by Categorical Comparison of Sheath Sizes
Univariate analysis of the odds ratio of any vascular complication stratified by procedure and sheath size for the entire study period. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.
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