Table 2.
Procedural characteristics.
| Ineligible (n = 218) |
Eligible (n = 793) |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procedural Access, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Femoral | 177 (81) | 496 (63) | |
| Radial | 34 (16) | 263 (33) | |
| Coronary Anatomy, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Left Main Disease | 71 (33) | 78 (10) | |
| Three Vessel Disease | 89 (41) | 315 (40) | |
| Two Vessel Disease and proximal LAD | 58 (27) | 400 (50) | |
| Coronary Anatomy Complexity, n (%) | |||
| Bifurcation Lesions | 8 (4) | 48 (6) | 0.173 |
| Chronic Total Occlusion | 3 (1) | 15 (2) | 0.610 |
| High Lesion Complexity (Type C)* | 110 (51) | 272 (34) | <0.001 |
| Coronary Intervention | |||
| Number of Vessels Treated | 1.42 ± 0.57 | 1.57 ± 0.61 | <0.001 |
| Number of Lesions Treated | 2.00 ± 1.00 | 1.71 ± 0.87 | <0.001 |
| Number of Stents Placed | 2.31 ± 1.62 | 1.87 ± 1.17 | <0.001 |
| Total Stent Length (mm) | 38 (18 – 64) | 30 (18 – 46) | <0.001 |
| Coronary Intervention Vessels, n (%) | |||
| Left Main | 47 (22) | 39 (5) | <0.001 |
| Left Anterior Descending | 135 (62) | 523 (66) | 0.289 |
| Left Circumflex Coronary Artery | 94 (43) | 275 (34) | 0.022 |
| Right Coronary Artery | 62 (28) | 278 (35) | 0.067 |
| Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, n (%) | 30 (14) | 9 (1) | <0.001 |
All data presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (intraquartile range) for continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables
*
High lesion complexity is defined as a lesion with at least one of the following characteristics: diffuse (length > 2 cm), excessive tortuosity of the proximal segment, extremely angulated segments (> 90 degrees), total occlusions (> 3 months) or inability to protect major side branches.