Table 4.

The individual components of MACE and clinical outcomes at 24 months

	Provisional side branch stenting (Simple)	Two-stent technique (Complex)	Risk difference (95% CI)	P value
Events at 6 months	Follow-up in 220 patients	Follow-up in 228 patients
MACE	12 (5.5%)	5 (2.2%)	3.2% (−0.2 to 6.8)	0.07
All-cause mortality	0 (0%)	1 (0.4%)	−0.4% (−1.3 to 0.4)	0.33
Cardiac mortality	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0.0% (0.0 to 0.0)	1.00
Myocardial infarction*	6 (2.7%)	3 (1.3%)	1.4% (−1.2 to 4.0)	0.29
Target-lesion revascularisation	9 (4.1%)	4 (1.8%)	2.3% (−0.8 to 5.5)	0.14
Target-vessel revascularisation	10 (4.6%)	4 (1.8%)	2.8% (−0.4 to 6.0)	0.11
Definite stent thrombosis	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0.0% (−1.7 to 1.8)	0.97
Events at 24 months†	Follow-up in 218 patients	Follow-up in 228 patients	HR(95% CI)	P value
MACE	12.9% (28)	8.4% (19)	0.63 (0.35 to 1.13)	0.12
All-cause mortality	2.3% (5)	2.2% (5)	0.94 (0.28 to 3.31)	0.94
Cardiac mortality	0.9% (2)	0.9% (2)	0.96 (0.13 to 6.8)	0.96
Myocardial infarction*	5.1% (11)	3.1% (7)	0.60 (0.23 to 1.55)	0.30
Target-lesion revascularisation	9.2% (20)	6.2% (14)	0.66 (0.33 to 1.30)	0.23
Target-vessel revascularisation	10.5% (23)	6.6% (15)	0.61 (0.32 to 1.17)	0.13
			Risk difference (95% CI)
CCS class ≥2 angina‡	8 (3.9%)	9 (4.1%)	−0.2% (−4.0 to 3.4)	0.89
Stent thrombosis‡
Definite, any (0–2 years)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0.1% (−2.0 to 2.2)	0.96
Definite, acute (0–1 day)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0.0% (−1.2 to 1.3)	0.98
Definite, subacute (2–30 days)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0.0% (−1.2 to 1.3)	0.98
Definite, late (1–12 months)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.0% (0.0 to 0.0)	–
Definite, very late (12–24 months)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0.0% (−1.2 to 1.3)	0.98
Definite or probable, any (0–2 years)	4 (1.8%)	3 (1.3%)	0.5% (−1.7 to 2.8)	0.66
Definite, prob. or poss., any (0–2 years)	6 (2.8%)	5 (2.2%)	0.6% (−2.3 to 3.4)	0.70

*Non-procedure related. Values are n (%).

†Twenty-four month results are given as Kaplan-Meier estimates and (n).

‡Results are given as n (%), risk difference and 95% CI.

MACE, major adverse cardiac events.