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. 2008 Jun;38(6):361–371. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.01949.x

Table 4.

Quantitative angiographic analysis of the post-bifurcation main vessel (Distal-MV) segment

Classical crush DK crush P Overall classical vs. DK crush
Overall Without final kissing balloon With final kissing balloon
No. of lesions 135 30 105 130
Baseline
 RVD (mm) 2·56 ± 0·49 2·57 ± 0·46 2·51 ± 0·42 2·53 ± 0·41 0·4
 MLD (mm) 0·62 ± 0·25 0·65 ± 0·22 0·62 ± 0·23 0·65 ± 0·25 0·7
 DS (%) 62·1 ± 11·7 64·3 ± 13·8 61·7 ± 18·5 65·6 ± 19·7 0·4
Post-PCI
 RVD (mm) 3·15 ± 0·57 3·24 ± 0·59 3·23 ± 0·55 3·26 ± 0·55 0·7
 MLD (mm) 2·67 ± 0·56 2·69 ± 0·60 2·67 ± 0·54 2·96 ± 0·57 0·8
 DS (%) 14·3 ± 6·4 14·7 ± 5·4 13·1 ± 4·6 13·5 ± 5·9 0·11
 Acute gain (mm) 1·55 ± 0·42 1·43 ± 0·44 1·56 ± 0·47 1·58 ± 0·46 0·8
8-month follow-up
 RVD (mm) 2·98 ± 0·46 2·89 ± 0·43 3·02 ± 0·45 2·92 ± 0·47 0·6
 MLD (mm) 2·46 ± 0·47 2·47 ± 0·44 2·41 ± 0·39 2·48 ± 0·36 0·7
 DS (%) 23·8 ± 19·4 24·3 ± 21·5 19·6 ± 17·8 18·5 ± 16·3 0·9
 Late loss (mm) 0·36 ± 0·11 0·34 ± 0·16 0·33 ± 0·13 0·31 ± 0·11 0·7
Restenosis (%)
 Overall 3·7 10·0 1·8 2·3 0·5
 Edge 1·5 3·3 0·9 0·8 0·5
 In-stent 2·2 6·6 0·9 1·5 0·3

Abbreviations: RVD, reference vessel diameter; MLD, minimum lumen diameter; DS, diameter stenosis; DK, double kissing.