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. 2020 Apr 26;12(4):136–143. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i4.136

Table 2.

Angiographic and pre-procedural characteristics stratified by number of vessels involved, n (%)

Characteristics Total Involved vessels
P value
Single vessel Multivessel
Total 571 342 (59.9) 229 (40.1) -
Culprit vessel
Left anterior descending artery 361 (63.2) 246 (71.9) 115 (50.2) < 0.001
Right coronary artery 152 (26.6) 73 (21.3) 79 (34.5)
Circumflex artery 47 (8.2) 18 (5.3) 29 (12.7)
Posterior descending artery 6 (1.1) 3 (0.9) 3 (1.3)
Left main 5 (0.9) 2 (0.6) 3 (1.3)
Pre-procedure TIMI flow grade
TIMI - 0 321 (56.2) 185 (54.1) 136 (59.4) 0.066
TIMI - 1 58 (10.2) 38 (11.1) 20 (8.7)
TIMI - 2 111 (19.4) 61 (17.8) 50 (21.8)
TIMI - 3 81 (14.2) 58 (17) 23 (10)
Lesion complexity
Non-high/non-C lesion 325 (56.9) 208 (60.8) 117 (51.1) 0.021
High/C lesion 246 (43.1) 134 (39.2) 112 (48.9)
Thrombus presence
No 102 (17.9) 58 (17) 44 (19.2) 0.491
Yes 469 (82.1) 284 (83) 185 (80.8)
Bifurcation lesion
No 427 (74.8) 254 (74.3) 173 (75.5) 0.731
Yes 144 (25.2) 88 (25.7) 56 (24.5)

TIMI: Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.