Table 2.
Angiographic and procedural characteristics (n = 117)
| Number of diseased vessel | |
| One vessel (%) | 12 (10.3) |
| Two vessels (%) | 24 (20.5) |
| Three vessels (%) | 81 (69.2) |
| Target bifurcation | |
| Left main coronary artery (%) | 18 (15.4) |
| LAD-branch (%) | 69 (59.0) |
| LCX-branch (%) | 22 (18.8) |
| RCA-branch (%) | 8 (6.8) |
| Medina classification | |
| Medina 1.1.1 (%) | 115 (98.3) |
| Medina 1.0.1 (%) | 2 (1.7) |
| Bifurcation angle (°) | |
| < 70 (%) | 71 (60.7) |
| 70–90 (%) | 28 (23.9) |
| > 90 (%) | 4 (3.4) |
| Calcification | |
| No (%) | 91 (77.8) |
| Mild-moderate (%) | 16 (13.7) |
| Severe (%) | 10 (8.5) |
| Guiding catheter size | |
| 6 French (%) | 115 (98.3) |
| 7 French (%) | 2 (1.7) |
| MV lesion length (mm) | 38.3 ± 19.9 |
| SB lesion length (mm) | 11.7 ± 7.1 |
| MV pretreatment TIMI flow | |
| 0–1 (%) | 22 (18.8) |
| 2 (%) | 4 (2.5) |
| 3 (%) | 91 (77.8) |
| SB pretreatment TIMI flow | |
| 0–1 (%) | 16 (13.3) |
| 2 (%) | 4 (2.5) |
| 3 (%) | 97 (82.9) |
| SB predilation | 12 (10.3) |
| DKo details | |
| Number of stents | 1.5 ± 0.6 |
| MV stent diameter (mm) | 3.1 ± 0.4 |
| MV stent length (mm) | 43.6 ± 22.3 |
| SB balloon diameter (mm) | 1.8 ± 0.3 |
| SB balloon length (mm) | 16.2 ± 2.3 |
| SB balloon pressure (atm) | 7.4 ± 3.1 |
| Procedural time (min) | 18.7 ± 5.0 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%)
LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery; Dg, diagonal branch; MV, main vessel; SB, side branch; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; DKo, double kissing inflation outside the stent; atm, atmosphere