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. 2019 Feb 6;26(2):143–154. doi: 10.1177/1526602819827295

Table 3.

Target Lesion Device Use.a

Baseline RC
p
RC2,3 (n=605)b RC4,5 (n=775)b RC6 (n=148)b RC2,3 vs RC4,5 RC2,3 vs RC6 RC4,5 vs RC6
Balloons
 Angioplasty 494/597 (82.7) 635/766 (82.9) 96/142 (67.6) 0.94 <0.001 <0.001
 DCB 74/597 (12.4) 54/766 (7.0) 11/142 (7.7) 0.001 0.14 0.72
 Cutting 42/597 (7.0) 58/766 (7.6) 26/142 (18.3) 0.75 <0.001 <0.001
 Focal Force 73/597 (12.2) 97/766 (12.7) 31/142 (21.8) 0.87 0.005 0.006
 Scoring 3/597 (0.5) 7/766 (0.9) 4/142 (2.8) 0.53 0.03 0.08
Atherectomy devices
 Diamondback, Stealth 274/437 (45.9) 347/494 (45.3) 88/107 (62.0) 0.83 0.001 <0.001
 Jetstream 19/437 (3.2) 12/494 (1.6) 1/107 (0.7) 0.07 0.15 0.70
 Excimer laser 35/437 (5.9) 39/494 (5.1) 15/107 (10.6) 0.55 0.06 0.02
 Rotablator 7/437 (1.2) 7/494 (0.9) 0/107 (0.0) 0.79 0.36 0.60
 Turbohawk, Silverhawk, Hawk One 87/437 (14.6) 82/494 (10.7) 5/107 (3.5) 0.04 <0.001 0.005
 Phoenix 6/437 (1.0) 14/494 (1.8) 0/107 (0.0) 0.26 0.60 0.14
 Crosser 14/437 (2.3) 8/494 (1.0) 0/107 (0.0) 0.08 0.08 0.62
Stents
 DES 34/120 (5.7) 37/111 (4.8) 12/25 (8.5) 0.54 0.25 0.10
 BMS 88/120 (14.7) 72/111 (9.4) 16/25 (11.3) 0.003 0.35 0.54
 Covered 5/120 (0.8) 6/111 (0.8) 0/25 (0.0) >0.99 0.59 0.60

Abbreviations: BMS, bare metal stent; DCB, drug-coated balloon; DES, drug-eluting stent; RC, Rutherford category.

a

Categorical data are given as the number (percentage).

b

Number of lesions unless otherwise noted.