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. 2013 Jan 23;34(18):1375–1383. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht005

Table 2.

Angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention characteristics

Variables PCI-only (n = 6268) FFR-guided group (n = 1090)
All (n = 1090) FFR-Perform (n = 369) FFR-Defer (n = 721)
RCA stenosis ≥70%, n (%) 3134 (50.0)* 293 (26.8) 125 (33.8) 168 (23.0)
LMCA stenosis ≥50%, n (%) 205 (3.2)* 9 (0.8) 1 (0.3) 8 (1.1)
LAD stenosis ≥70%, n (%) 3474 (55.4)* 419 (38.4) 233 (63.1) 186 (26.0)
LCX stenosis ≥70%, n (%) 2620 (41.7)* 250 (22.9) 104 (28.1) 146 (20.2)
FFR in LMCA, n (%) 37 (3.3) 3 (0.8) 34 (4.7)
 FFR 0.75–0.80, n (%) 1 (0.1) 0 1 (0.1)
FFR in LAD, n (%) 713 (65.4) 244 (66.1) 469 (65.0)
 FFR 0.75–0.80, n (%) 149 (13.7) 87 (27.4) 62 (8.6)
FFR in LCX, n (%) 192 (17.6) 51 (13.8) 141 (19.5)
 FFR 0.75–0.80, n (%) 22 (2.0) 14 (3.8) 8 (1.1)
FFR in RCA, n (%) 213 (19.5) 70 (18.9) 143 (19.8)
 FFR 0.75–0.80, n (%) 37 (3.4) 22 (6.0) 15 (2.1)
FFR in graft, n (%) 23 (2.1) 4 (1.0) 19 (2.6)
 FFR 0.75–0.80, n (%) 2 (0.2) 0 2 (0.3)
Median FFR value (IQR) 0.77 (0.72, 0.82) 0.87 (0.82, 0.91)
PCI in native LM, n (%) 262 (4.1)*, 7 (0.6) 6 (1.6) 1 (0.1)
PCI in native LAD, n (%) 2846 (45.4)*, 299 (27.4) 260 (70.4) 39 (5.4)
PCI in native LCX, n (%) 1867 (29.7)*, 124 (11.3) 79 (21.4) 45 (6.2)
PCI in native RCA, n (%) 2118 (33.7)*, 147 (13.4) 97 (26.2) 50 (6.9)
Vein graft intervention, n (%) 475 (7.5)*, 6 (0.5) 3 (0.8) 3 (0.4)
Number of vessel treated, n (%)
 1 5078 (81.0) 296 (80.2)
 2 1087 (17.3) 71 (19.2)
 3 99 (1.7) 2 (0.6)
Use of DES, n (%) 4417 (70.4)* 361 (33.1) 273 (73.9) 88 (12.2)
Use of BMS, n (%) 1632 (26.0)* 118 (10.8) 88 (23.8) 30 (4.2)
Number of stents placed 1.5 ± 1.0*, 0.6 ± 0.9 1.4 ± 0.7 0.2 ± 0.7
Procedural success of stents placement, n (%) 5953 (94.9) 359 (97.3)

BMS, bare metal stent; DES, drug-eluting stent; FFR, fractional flow reserve; LAD, left anterior descending; LCX, left circumflex; LMCA, left main coronary artery; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery.

*P < 0.001 when compared with the FFR-guided group.

P < 0.05 when compared with the FFR-Perform group.

P < 0.001 when compared with the FFR-Perform group.