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. 2021 Sep 13;8(2):e001776. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001776

Table 2.

Lesion characteristics of the study population

Lesion characteristics No of lesions (n=118)
Vessels treated (%)
 Left anterior descending 31 (26)
 Left circumflex 27 (23)
 Right coronary artery 60 (51)
Type of in-stent restenosis (%)
 (1)Focal 32 (27)
 (2) Diffuse 39 (33)
 (3) Proliferative 28 (24)
 (4) Occlusive 19 (16)
More than one scaffold per lesion (%) 27 (30)
Aorto-ostial lesions (%) 2 (1.7)
Chronic total occlusions (%) 21 (18)
Moderate to severe calcification (%) 61 (52)
Type of restenosed stent (%)
 BMS 7 (6)
 First generation DES 24 (20)
 Second generation DES 87 (74)
Layers of stent (%)
 One 86 (73)
 Two or more 32 (27)
History of DCB treatment (%) 10 (8.5)
OCT guidance (%) 32 (27)
Lesion preparation (mm, mean)
 Pre-dilatation balloon diameter 3.0±0.07
 Pre-dilatation pressure 26.8±1.3
Regular NC balloon (%) 31 (26)
Ultra-high pressure NC balloon (%) 89 (75)
Total scaffolds implanted 131
Absorb BRS characteristics (mm, mean)
 Scaffold diameter 3.1±0.07
 Scaffold length 24±1
Scaffold deployment pressure (atm, mean) 14.7±0.4
Post-dilatation (%) 56 (47)
Post-dilatation pressure (atm) 27.7±1.9

Data are mean (SD) or number (percentage), as appropriate.

BMS, bare metal stents; BRS, bioresorbable scaffold; DCB, drug coated balloon; DES, drug eluting stents; NC, non-compliant; OCT, optical coherence tomography.