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. 2021 May 12;16(5):e0249698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249698

Table 2. Angiographic and procedural characteristics.

n = 119 (100%)
Radial access, n (%) 77 (64.7)
Angiography, n (%)
    1VD 53 (44.5)
    2VD 43 (36.1)
    3VD 22 (18.5)
Perforated vessel, n (%)
    LM 5 (4.2)
    LAD 58 (48.7)
    LCx 22 (18.5)
    RCA 31 (26.1)
    SVG 9 (7.6)
Lesion classification according to ACC/AHA, n (%)
    Type A 4(3.4)
    Type B 37(31.1)
    Type B/C 31(26.1)
    Type C 47 (39.5)
Ellis classification, n (%)
    Type 1 39 (32.8)
    Type 2 28 (23.5)
    Type 3 52 (43.7)
Type of stenosis, n (%)
    De-novo 109 (91.6)
    In stent restenosis 10 (8.4)
    Chronic total occlusion 7 (5.9)
    Bifurcation 17 (14.3)
    Severe calcification 36 (30.3)
    Tortuosity 13(10.9)
Degree of stenosis, (%), mean, SD 88.3 ± 11.5
Length of stenosis, (mm), mean, SD 27.5 ± 14.4
Lesion predilation, (%) 100 (84.0)
Predilation balloon maximal pressure (atm.), mean, SD 15.1 ± 4.6
Stent deployment maximal pressure (atm.), mean, SD 14.8 ± 2.9
Maximal stent diameter (mm), mean, SD 3.4 ± 0.8
Total stent length (mm), mean, SD 26.5 ± 8.6
Stent postdilation (%) 41 (34.5)
Direct cause of perforation, n (%)
    Balloon dilatation 17 (14.3)
    Drug eluting stent implantation 83 (69.7)
    Bare metal stent implantation 11 (9.2)
    Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds implantation 5 (4.2)
    Rotablation 13 (10.9)
Treatment of rupture before cover stent implantation, n (%)
Prolonged balloon dilatation 40 (33.6)
Transcatheter fat embolization 2 (1.7)
Non covered stent implantation 10 (8.4)
Type of covered stent, n (%)
    Graftmaster 51 (42.9)
    Direct-Stent 2 (1.7)
    BeGraft 6 (5.0)
    PK Papyrus 55 (46.2)
    Aneugraft Dx 5 (4.2)
Covered stent data, mean, SD
    Length, (mm) 18.8 ± 4.3
    Diameter, (mm) 3.2 ± 0.5
    Pressure, (atm) 15.2 ± 4.1
    Inflation time, (s) 21.0 ± 24.8
Number of covered stent per patient, mean, SD 1.1 ± 0.4
Number of non covered stents per patients, mean, SD 1.2 ± 0.9
Vascular complication, n (%)
    Dissection 28 (23.5)
    No-reflow 8 (6.7)
TIMI-3 post PCI, n (%) 100 (84.0)
IVUS, n (%) 6 (5.0)
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors administration, n (%) 10 (8.4)
Protamine sulphate administration, n (%) 20 (16.8)

VD- vessel disease, LM- left main, LAD- left anterior descending artery, LCx- left circumflex artery, RCA- right coronary artery, SVG–saphenous vain graft, SD—standard deviation, PCI—percutaneous coronary intervention, TIMI—Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction, IVUS- intravascular ultrasound.