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. 2015 Jun 24;45(4):275–284. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.4.275

Table 3. Treatment strategy, baseline coronary angiographic findings, and procedural characteristics in patients who underwent CAG.

Young age group
(n=5281)
Old age group
(n=4896)
p
Primary PCI 4321 (81.8) 3977 (81.2) 0.442
Facilitated PCI 153 (2.9) 123 (2.5) 0.232
Thrombolysis 397 (7.5) 241 (4.9) <0.001
Conservative treatment 382 (7.2) 518 (10.6) <0.001
Door-to-balloon time (min) 106.4±54.3 106.6±52.4 0.847
Number of involved vessels (%)
 1 2771 (52.8) 1969 (41.4) <0.001
 2 1496 (28.5) 1495 (31.5) 0.001
 3 904 (17.2) 1146 (24.1) <0.001
 LM complex 69 (1.3) 130 (2.7) <0.001
 LM isolated 7 (0.1) 12 (0.3) 0.172
Target lesion location (%)
 LAD 2874 (54.9) 2387 (50.4) <0.001
 LCX 509 (9.7) 435 (9.2) 0.356
 RCA 1803 (34.5) 1837 (38.8) <0.001
 LM 46 (0.9) 76 (1.6) 0.001
ACC/AHA types (%)
 Type A 206 (4.3) 169 (3.9) 0.341
 Type B1 986 (20.6) 722 (16.7) <0.001
 Type B2 1370 (28.6) 1247 (28.8) 0.826
 Type C 2222 (46.4) 2185 (50.5) <0.001
Pre-procedure TIMI flow 0 2807 (56.2) 2510 (55.1) 0.309
Post-procedure TIMI flow 3 4612 (93.9) 4047 (90.8) <0.001
Stent type (%)
 Bare metal stent 381 (7.9) 430 (10.0) <0.001
 Paclitaxel-eluting stent 1139 (23.6) 1041 (24.1) 0.536
 Sirolimus-eluting stent 1556 (32.2) 1262 (29.2) 0.002
 Zotarolimus-eluting stent 818 (16.9) 760 (17.6) 0.388
 Everolimus-eluting stent 542 (11.2) 456 (10.6) 0.320
 Other DES 424 (8.8) 389 (9.0) 0.687
Stent length (mm) 24.4±6.6 24.7±6.6 0.018
Stent diameter (mm) 3.5±0.6 3.3±0.6 <0.001
Total stents per patient (n) 1.4±0.7 1.5±0.8 0.002
Multi-vessel PCI 761 (15.2) 733 (16.3) 0.154
PCI success rate (%) 5044 (99.0) 4541 (99.0) 0.922

Data are expressed as number (%) or mean±standard deviation. CAG: coronary angiogram, PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention, LM: left main, LAD: left anterior descending artery, LCX: left circumflex artery, RCA: right coronary artery, ACC/AHA: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, TIMI: thrombolysis In myocardial infarction, DES: drug-eluting stent