Table III – online only.
Univariate analysis of predictors of embolization in patients treated for chronic limb ischemia by percutaneous interventions with (EPD) or without embolic protection device (no EPD).
| All interventions n = 836 |
Embolism n = 35 |
No embolism n = 801 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ||||
| Pre-operative characteristics | ||||
| Use of EPD | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0.4 |
| Presence of occlusion | 34 | 51 | 33 | .04 |
| Previous stent occlusion | 3 | 9 | 3 | .08 |
| Previous by-pass occlusion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Length of occlusion (mm ± SD) | 119 ± 95 | 142 ± 94 | 117 ± 95 | 0.3 |
| Length of stenosis (mm ± SD) | 88 ± 78 | 69 ± 42 | 88 ± 79 | 0.2 |
| TASC II | 0.7 | |||
| A/B | 67 | 64 | 67 | |
| C/D | 33 | 36 | 33 | |
| Operative characteristics | ||||
| Angioplasty | 98 | 94 | 99 | .06 |
| Bare metal stent | 44 | 51 | 44 | 0.4 |
| Atherectomy | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Length treated | 145 ± 107 | 134 ± 94 | 146 ± 107 | 0.6 |
EPD, embolic protection device; SD, standard deviation; TASC, Trans-Atlantic Intersociety Consensus.