Table 4.
Lesion and procedural characteristics in STEMI and NSTEMI from J-PCI registry
| Overall (n = 53240) | STEMI (n = 41774) | NSTEMI (n = 11466) | P value (STEMI vs. NSTEMI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesion characteristics | ||||
| Lesion location | ||||
| LAD/left main | 27993 (52.6) | 22427 (53.7) | 5566 (48.5) | < 0.001 |
| LCX | 10730 (20.2) | 6642 (15.9) | 4088 (35.7) | < 0.001 |
| RCA | 20390 (38.3) | 16910 (40.5) | 3480 (30.4) | < 0.001 |
| Bypass graft | 170 (0.3) | 76 (0.2) | 94 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
| Restenotic lesion | 2253 (4.2) | 1573 (3.8) | 680 (5.9) | < 0.001 |
| Procedure details | ||||
| Approach | < 0.001 | |||
| Transfemoral | 21241 (39.9) | 17613 (42.2) | 3628 (31.6) | |
| Transradial | 30380 (57.1) | 22972 (55.0) | 7408 (64.6) | |
| Others (e.g. brachial) | 1619 (3.0) | 1189 (2.8) | 430 (3.8) | |
| Thrombus aspiration | 25579 (48.0) | 22626 (54.2) | 2953 (25.8) | < 0.001 |
| Distal protection | 3874 (7.3) | 3386 (8.1) | 488 (4.3) | < 0.001 |
| Stent characteristics | ||||
| Type of stent | ||||
| DES | 45622 (85.7) | 35962 (86.1) | 9660 (84.2) | < 0.001 |
| BMS | 1856 (3.5) | 1548 (3.7) | 308 (2.7) | < 0.001 |
| Other stent (Scaffold) | 62 (0.1) | 47 (0.1) | 15 (0.1) | 0.723 |
| No stent used | 5876 (11.0) | 4352 (10.4) | 1524 (13.3) | < 0.001 |
| TIMI flow post-procedure | ||||
| Flow 3 | 52122 (97.9) | 40969 (98.1) | 11153 (97.3) | < 0.001 |
Data are counts (percentage)
BMS bare metal stent, DES drug-eluting stent, LAD left anterior descending artery, LCx left circumflex artery, MI myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non ST-elevation myocardial infarction, RCA right coronary artery, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, TIMI thrombolysis in myocardial infarction