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Patients were divided into a non-BZD group (n = 15; 8 female; age 59.3 \u00b1 9.5 y) and a BZD group (n = 16; 10 female; age 53.3 \u00b1 9.9 y). Pre-procedural anxiety (five-point Likert scale), satisfaction (Likert), and pain (Visual Analog Scale, VAS) were assessed. Satisfaction and pain were evaluated immediately and 1 and 3 months post-procedure. Results: Baseline demographics, intra-procedural variables, and post-procedural reductions in VAS scores showed no significant intergroup differences (all p &gt; 0.05). However, compared to the non-BZD group, the BZD group exhibited a significant reduction in anxiety scores (1.12 vs. 3.80; p = 0.04) and procedure time per artery (23.58 vs. 34.81 min; p = 0.001). The BZD group also reported significantly higher immediate, short-term, and mid-term satisfaction (4.25 vs. 3.13, p = 0.045; 4.69 vs. 3.67, p = 0.01; 4.81 vs. 3.80, p &lt; 0.001), and a significantly greater proportion exhibited artery diameters \u2265 2 mm (p = 0.02). Conclusions: TAME with oral BZD premedication significantly improves patient satisfaction, reduces anxiety, and promotes a high proportion of arterial diameters \u2265 2 mm, thereby reducing procedural time.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics15131667","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]],"date-time":"2025-06-30T05:00:37Z","timestamp":1751259637000},"page":"1667","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Enhancing Transradial Transarterial Microembolization Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction with Oral Benzodiazepine Premedication"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2309-054X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hsuan-Yin","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Imaging, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sect. 4, Taichung 407219, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ming-Chuan","family":"Chiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Imaging, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 1650 Taiwan Boulevard Sect. 4, Taichung 407219, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2028","DOI":"10.1002\/art.34347","article-title":"A Systematic Review of the Global Prevalence of Low Back Pain","volume":"64","author":"Hoy","year":"2012","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"783","DOI":"10.1016\/j.berh.2011.01.019","article-title":"The Epidemiology of Neck Pain","volume":"24","author":"Hoy","year":"2020","journal-title":"Best. 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