Table 2.
Procedural and angiographic characteristics
| Very early IS (n=204) | Standard care IS (n=209) | |
| Median time from randomisation to angiography, hours (IQR) | 1.5 (0.9–2.0) | 43.9 (22.9–72.6) |
| Median time from admission to randomisation, hours (IQR) | 3.0 (2.1–4.1) | 2.9 (2.0–4.1) |
| Radial access, n (%) | 189 (92.6) | 189 (90.4) |
| Angiographic characteristics | ||
| No coronary stenosis, n (%) | 46 (22.6) | 44 (21.0) |
| Left main coronary stenosis, n (%) | 18 (8.8) | 17 (8.1) |
| 1-vessel disease, n (%) | 68 (33.3) | 67 (32.1) |
| 2-vessel disease, n (%) | 52 (25.5) | 57 (27.3) |
| 3-vessel disease, n (%) | 38 (18.6) | 41 (19.6) |
| ≥1 occluded coronary artery, n (%) | 43 (20.5) | 39 (18.1) |
| Visible thrombus, n (%) | 12 (5.9) | 14 (6.7) |
| SYNTAX score, mean (SD) | 14.80 (11.6) | 16.36 (11.3) |
| Coronary revascularisation after angiography | ||
| PCI, n (%) | 122 (59.8) | 132 (63.2) |
| CABG, n (%) | 20 (9.8) | 21 (10.0) |
| PCI characteristics | ||
| ≥1 drug-eluting stent, n (%) | 115 (94.3) | 126 (95.4) |
| Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor used, n (%) | 1 (0.8) | 10 (7.6) |
| Complete revascularisation by PCI, n (%) | 95 (77.9) | 91 (68.9) |
| Number of stents, n (%) | ||
| 1 | 65 (53.3) | 71 (53.8) |
| 2 | 37 (30.3) | 43 (32.6) |
| ≥3 | 14 (11.5) | 14 (10.6) |
| PCI success, n (%) | 117 (95.9) | 128 (97.0) |
CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; IS, invasive strategy; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; SYNTAX, Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery.