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Table 3. Outcomes of 9-month angiography and 5-year clinical follow-up.

DP-DES (n = 367) BP-DES (n = 69) p value
Diameter stenosis (9 m), % 18.9 ± 20.0 14.8 ± 19.9 0.120
MLD (9 m), mm 2.61 ± 0.76 2.79 ± 0.77 0.058
Late loss (9 m), mm 0.38 ± 0.62 0.26 ± 0.59 0.147
Net gain (9 m), mm 2.19 ± 0.80 2.41 ± 0.84 0.040*
Restenosis (9 m), n (%) 20 (5.4) 6 (8.7) 0.276
Cardiovascular death (5 yrs), n (%) 4 (1.1) 1 (1.4) 0.579
Non-fatal MI (5 yrs), n (%) 3 (0.8) 1 (1.4) 0.499
TVR (5 yrs), n (%) 13 (3.5) 2 (2.9) 1.000
All revascularization (5 yrs), n (%) 52 (14.2) 7 (10.1) 0.446
Stent thrombosis (5 yrs), n (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) -
MACEs (5 yrs), n (%) 55 (15.0) 8 (11.6) 0.577

BP-DES, biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stent; DP-DES, second-generation durable polymer drug-eluting stent; MACEs, major adverse cardiac events; MI, myocardial infarction; MLD, minimal lumen diameter; TVR, target vessel revascularization.