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. 2020 Jul 31;9(15):e016575. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016575

Table 2.

Coronary Angiographic and Procedural Characteristics

Culprit‐Only PCI

(N=1294)

One‐Stage MVR

(N=1244)

Multistage MVR

(N=334)

P Value
Culprit lesion profiles
Culprit vessel <0.001
Left main coronary artery 62 (4.8%) 83 (6.7%) 7 (2.1%)
Left anterior descending artery 484 (37.4%) 449 (36.1%) 104 (31.1%)
Left circumflex artery 346 (26.7%) 365 (29.3%) 68 (20.4%)
Right coronary artery 402 (31.1%) 347 (27.9%) 155 (46.4%)
ACC/AHA B2/C lesion 1098 (84.9%) 1054 (84.7%) 306 (91.6%) 0.004
Small vessel* 485 (37.5%) 467 (37.5%) 103 (30.8%) 0.059
Long lesion 577 (44.6%) 559 (44.9%) 177 (53.0%) 0.017
Overall‐lesion profiles
Left main disease 123 (9.5%) 156 (12.5%) 30 (9.0%) 0.026
Triple vessel disease 428 (33.1%) 456 (36.7%) 185 (55.4%) <0.001
Procedural characteristics
Transradial approach 609 (47.1%) 600 (48.2%) 180 (53.9%) 0.213
Use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor 88 (6.8%) 84 (6.8%) 46 (13.8%) <0.001
Thrombus aspiration 154 (11.9%) 80 (6.4%) 65 (19.5%) <0.001
IRA treatment 0.022
Bare metal stent 37 (2.9%) 23 (1.8%) 5 (1.5%)
First‐generation DES 15 (1.2%) 8 (0.6%) 4 (1.2%)
Second‐generation DES 1137 (87.9%) 1140 (91.6%) 310 (92.8%)
Plain balloon angioplasty 105 (8.1%) 73 (5.9%) 15 (4.5%)
Total number of stents 1.2±0.6 2.3±0.9 2.6±1.1 <0.001
Pre‐PCI TIMI flow 0–1 in culprit lesion 525 (40.6%) 441 (35.5%) 174 (52.1%) <0.001
IVUS guided PCI 337 (26.0%) 326 (26.2%) 59 (17.7%) 0.004
OCT guided PCI 33 (2.6%) 38 (3.1%) 0 0.006
Hemodynamic support device
IABP 5 (0.4%) 10 (0.8%) 0 0.128
ECMO 1 (0.1%) 0 0 0.543
Interval between index and second stage PCI, d 5.0 (4.0–7.0)
Complete revascularization 922 (74.1%) 207 (62.0%)
Complications during hospitalization
Heart failure 51 (3.9%) 48 (3.9%) 21 (6.3%) 0.122
Atrioventricular block 10 (0.8%) 6 (0.5%) 4 (1.2%) 0.342
Ventricular tachycardia 14 (1.1%) 6 (0.5%) 6 (1.8%) 0.053
Ventricular fibrillation 4 (0.3%) 3 (0.2%) 2 (0.6%) 0.583
Length of hospital stay, d 4.0 (3.0–6.0) 4.0 (3.0–6.0) 7.0 (6.0–9.0) <0.001

Values are mean±SD, median (interquartile range), or n (%). ACC/AHA indicates American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; DES, drug‐eluting stent; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP, intra‐aortic balloon pump; IRA, infarct‐related artery; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; MVR, multivessel revascularization; OCT, optical coherence tomography; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; and TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.

*

Small vessel: reference diameter ≤2.75 mm.

Long lesion: length ≥28 mm.