1. Summary of the characteristics of the selected studies.
| Trial | Year | Stent used, strut thickness | Mean age, yrs | Males | Double
stenting techniques |
Technique
used |
Cardiovascular death | Target lesion revascularization | Stent thrombosis |
| Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). | |||||||||
| CACTUS trial[2] | 2009 | Cypher | 65 ± 10 | 142 (80.2%) | 177 | Crush | 0 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| DK crush V[3] | 2017 | Xience V, Endeavor Resolute, Firebird II | 65 ± 9 | 199 (82.9%) | 240 | DK crush | 0 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| EXCEL trial[4] | 2018 | Xience V | 66.8 ± 9.3 | 141 (76.2%) | 185 | T, TAP, Culotte, Reverse crush | 2.7% | NR | 1.6% |