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. 2014 Jun 7;16(7):497–503. doi: 10.1111/jch.12341

Table 2.

Anatomic Characteristicsa

Variable N=202/241 Lesions
Preprocedure
 De novo lesions 100% (241/241)
Unilateral lesions 67.6% (163/241)
Bilateral lesions 32.4% (78/241)
Site‐reported diameter stenosis, % 81.3±10.0
Core laboratory–reported diameter stenosis, % 65.9±11.4
Core laboratory–reported minimum lumen diameter, mm 1.8±0.7
Core laboratory–reported reference vessel diameter, mm 5.4±1.1
Lesion length, mm 8.5±3.1
Heavy calcification 27.8% (67/241)
Suboptimal PTA outcome
Residual stenosis ≥50% 90.7% (214/236)
10 mm Hg mean gradient or 20 mm Hg peak systolic gradient across the lesion 25.0% (59/236)
Flow‐limiting dissection (NHLBI grade D) or TIMI flow <3 4.7% (11/236)
Postprocedure
Core laboratory–reported diameter stenosis,% 3.4±12.5
Core laboratory–reported minimum lumen diameter, mm 5.1±0.8
Study device success 96.0% (237/247)
Procedure success 99.2% (238/240)
Clinical success 98.0% (197/201)
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Abbreviations: NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction. Per lesion.