Table 3.

Angiographic data distribution from INDEX procedure.

	DES	BMS	p
INDEX PCI
Total number of stents	578	598	ns
Total number of lesions	568	572	ns
LAD lesions (%)	59%	48%	<0.01
RVD <3.0 mm (%)	66%	44%	<0.01
Lesion length >15 mm (%)	84%	56%	<0.01
Bifurcation	14%	12%	ns
Chronic total occlusions	6%	6%	ns
Venous Grafts	1%	1%	ns
Ostial lesions	7%	4%	<0.01
Preprocedural MLD (mm)	0.4±0.2 mm	0.4±0.2 mm	ns
Postprocedual MLD (mm)	3.1±0.4 mm	3.2±0.4 mm	ns
Acute Gain (mm)	2.7±0.3 mm	2.8±0.2 mm	ns

* LAD = left anterior descending; RVD = refernce vessel diameter; MLD = minimal luminal diamter.