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. 2020 Sep 6;31:100605. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100605

Table 2.

Procedural characteristics between Low and Intermediate/High bleeding risk groups.

Procedure level characteristics Low Bleeding Risk N = 1270 Intermediate to High Bleeding Risk N = 1009 P-value
Radial access 910(73.0%) 688(69.6%) 0.31
Vascular closure device successfully deployed 215(19.4%) 177(19.4%) 0.95
Indication for PCI 0.0007*
  • NSTEMI

164(12.9%) 185(18.3%)
  • STEMI

268(21.1%) 216(21.4%)
  • Silent ischemia

112(8.8%) 93(9.2%)
  • Stable angina

453(35.7%) 353(35.0%)
  • Unstable angina

271(21.4%) 162(16.1%)
Extent of CAD: 0.06
  • 1x

640(50.4%) 464(46.0%)
  • 2x

391(30.8%) 322(31.9%)
  • 3x

239(18.8%) 223(22.1%)
Left main disease >= 50% 115(9.1%) 109(10.8%) 0.16
Any procedural complication 27(2.1%) 28(2.8%) 0.32



Lesion level characteristics N = 1536 N = 1241 P- value
Location of lesion 0.0048*
  • Left anterior descending

705(45.9%) 581(46.8%)
  • Left circumflex

320(20.8%) 265(21.4%)
  • Left main

18(1.2%) 36(2.9%)
  • Right coronary artery

492(32.1%) 359(28.9%)
Bypass Graft 24(1.6%) 17(1.4%) 0.37
AHA/ACC lesion type 0.0075*
  • A

144(9.5%) 112(9.1%)
  • B1

563(37.1%) 387(31.4%)
  • B2

550(36.2%) 515(41.8%)
  • C

261(17.2%) 217(17.6%)
  • B2 or C

811 (52.8%) 732 (59.0%) 0.0013
Heavy calcification 246(16.0%) 247(19.9%) 0.0079*
Chronic total occlusions 76(5.3%) 42(3.6%) 0.0364*
Fractional flow reserve testing 47(3.2%) 27(2.3%) 0.15
Intravascular ultrasound 69(4.7%) 68(5.7%) 0.24
Optical coherence tomography 30(2.0%) 44(3.7%) 0.0088*
Rotational atherectomy 14(1.0%) 23(1.9%) 0.0333*
Post dilatation 767(49.9%) 700(56.4%) 0.0007*
Total length of Combo stents implanted (mm) 23.02 ± 11.68 22.41 ± 10.90 0.17
Diameter of largest Combo stent (mm) 3.13 ± 0.43 3.11 ± 0.44 0.13

Values are shown as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD). ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; CAD, coronary artery disease; NSTEMI, Non-ST segment myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST segment myocardial infarction.