Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients treated with BMS or DES.
| BMS n=45 (%) |
DES n=110 (%) |
P | |
| Age (years) | 69.4±11.2 | 69.7±10.4 | N.S. |
| Male | 38 (84.4) | 89 (80.9) | N.S. |
| Hypertension | 34 (75.6) | 82 (74.5) | N.S. |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 19 (42.2) | 50 (45.5) | N.S. |
| Dyslipidemia | 24 (53.3) | 76 (69.1) | N.S. |
| Smoking | 25 (55.5) | 48 (43.6) | N.S. |
| Obesity | 13 (28.8) | 34 (30.9) | N.S. |
| Prior PCI | 11 (24.4) | 55 (50.0) | 0.002 |
| Prior CABG | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | N.S. |
| Diagnosis | |||
| AMI | 15 (33.3) | 12 (10.9) | 0.005 |
| Unstable AP | 10 (22.2) | 20 (18.2) | N.S. |
| RMI | 1 (2.2) | 2 (1.8) | N.S. |
| Stable AP | 16 (35.6) | 65 (59.1) | 0.007 |
| Silent ischemia | 2 (4.4) | 7 (6.4) | N.S. |
| OMI | 1 (2.2) | 4 (3.6) | N.S. |
| Emergent PCI | 24 (53.3) | 30 (27.3) | 0.004 |
PCI indicates percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; AMI, acute myocardial infarction; AP, angina pectoris; RMI, recent myocardial infarction; OMI, old myocardial infarction.