Table II.
Main angiographic baseline characteristics of the included trials.
| LAD, n (%) | LCX, n (%) | RCA, n (%) | RDa, mm | MLDa, mm | Lesion lengtha, mm | |||||||
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| First author, year (ref) | BPS | PPS | BPS | PPS | BPS | PPS | BPS | PPS | BPS | PPS | BPS | PPS |
| Byrne, 2009 (10) Byrne, 2011 (11) Kufner, 2011 (19) |
753 (44.7) | 748 (44.3) | 454 (27.0) | 453 (26.8) | 476 (28.3) | 488 (28.9) | 2.79±0.47 | 2.80±0.52 | 0.98±0.50 | 0.98±0.51 | 14.8±8.6 | 15.0±8.8 |
| Byrne, 2009 (12) Mehilli, 2008 (20) |
110 (46.0) | 104 (43.0) | 53 (22.2) | 69 (28.5) | 76 (31.8) | 69 (28.5) | 2.74±0.52 | 2.75±0.51 | 1.06±0.42 | 1.13±0.49 | 13.9±7.2 | 14.6±7.0 |
| Chevalier, 2007 (13) | 52 (54.7) | 28 (54.8) | 21 (22.1) | 9 (19.0) | 22 (23.2) | 13 (26.2) | 2.70±0.44 | 2.71±0.52 | 1.06±0.24 | 1.12±0.38 | 11.35±4.51 | 11.03±4.75 |
| Chevalier, 2009 (14) | 62 (35.6) | 46 (46.9) | 41 (23.6) | 19 (19.4) | 71 (40.8) | 33 (33.7) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Christiansen, 2013 (15) | 623 (40.7) | 636 (40.9) | 355 (23.2) | 350 (22.5) | 508 (33.2) | 535 (34.4) | 3.2±0.34 | 3.3±0.33 | NA | NA | 18.0±3.75 | 18.00±4.50 |
| Gao, 2013 (16) | 147 (64.8) | 139 (60.2) | 39 (17.2) | 42 (18.2) | 41 (18.1) | 50 (21.6) | 2.87±0.47 | 2.90±0.50 | 0.96±0.40 | 0.95±0.42 | 15.7±7.1 | 15.7±6.7 |
| Kadota, 2012 (17) | 83 (39.9) | 62 (44.7) | 56 (27.1) | 33 (24.0) | 68 (33.0) | 43 (31.3) | 2.68±0.57 | 2.68±0.54 | NA | NA | 12.64±5.52 | 12.82±6.81 |
| Krucoff, 2008 (18) | 528 (39.9) | 529 (40.3) | 369 (27.9) | 402 (30.6) | 426 (32.2) | 383 (29.2) | 2.77±0.47 | 2.75±0.48 | 0.86±0.40 | 0.89±0.41 | 15.4±6.5 | 15.1±6.5 |
| Natsuaki, 2013 (21) | 795 (49.0) | 774 (48.0) | 405 (25.0) | 435 (27.0) | 552 (34.0) | 517 (32.0) | 2.62±0.60 | 2.61±0.57 | 0.77±0.44 | 0.75±0.42 | 19.5±12.8 | 19.3±13.1 |
| Smits, 2013 (23) | 1078 (40.9) | 550 (39.7) | 602 (22.8) | 356 (25.7) | 882 (33.4) | 448 (32.3) | 2.9±0.5 | 2.9±0.5 | NA | NA | 16.8±9.8 | 17.7±10.6 |
| Windecker, 2008 (24) Serruys, 2013 (22) |
467 (37.2) | 482 (39.7) | 352 (28.0) | 286 (23.6) | 386 (30.7) | 399 (32.9) | 2.60±0.61 | 2.60±0.57 | 0.91±0.50 | 0.95±0.52 | 12.7±8.1 | 12.4±8.5 |
| Zhang, 2013 (25) | 216 (48.4) | 217 (53.0) | 90 (20.2) | 65 (20.3) | 140 (31.4) | 129 (31.5) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 29.2±16.6 | 24.8±14.5 |
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Data presented as the mean ± standard deviation.
LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery; RD, reference diameter; MLD, minimal lumen diameter; BPS, biodegradable polymer stent; PPS, permanent polymer stent.