Table 1. Patient and limb characteristics.
| Patient characteristics | ( n = 44) | Procedure characteristics | ( n = 60) | |
| Sex | 32 (73%) | Pre dilation | 60 (100%) | |
| Age, years | 74±8 | Scoring balloon | 18 (30%) | |
| Current smoking | 14 (32%) | Non-compliant balloon | 27 (45%) | |
| Hypertension | 38 (86%) | Post dilation | 4 (6.7%) | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 38 (86%) | DCB | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 33 (75%) | Lutonix | 47 (78%) | |
| Renal impairment | IN.PACT | 13 (22%) | ||
| eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m 2 | 22 (50%) | Residual stenosis | ||
| eGFR = 30–60 ml/min/1.73 m 2 | 15 (34%) | 0% | 2 (3%) | |
| eGFR = 15–30 ml/min/1.73 m 2 | 1 (2%) | 10% | 23 (38%) | |
| eGFR＜15 ml/min/1.73 m 2 or on dialysis | 6 (14%) | 20% | 14 (23%) | |
| Aspirin use | 44 (100%) | 30% | 15 (25%) | |
| P2Y12 inhibitor use | 43 (98%) | 40% | 4 (7%) | |
| Anticoagulant use | 10 (23%) | 50% | 2 (3%) | |
| Statin use | 30 (68%) | Angiographic dissection | ||
| Limb characteristics | ( n = 60) | None | 4 (7%) | |
| Rutherford classification | A | 11 (18%) | ||
| Category 2 | 30 (50%) | B | 16 (27%) | |
| Category 3 | 17 (28%) | C | 23 (38%) | |
| Category 4 | 3 (5%) | D | 6 (10%) | |
| Category 5 | 7 (12%) | IVUS-evaluated post -procedural minimal lumen area (mm 2 ) | 12.6±4.4 | |
| Category 6 | 3 (5%) | |||
| Ankle brachial index | 0.76±0.20 | |||
| (missing data) | 1 (2%) | |||
| Lesion characteristics | ( n = 60) | |||
| Reference vessel diameter (mm) | 4.8±0.8 | |||
| (missing data) | 1 (2%) | |||
| Chronic total occlusion | 7 (12%) | |||
| Lesion length (mm) | 127±78 | |||
| PACSS classification | ||||
| Grade 0 | 37 (62%) | |||
| Grade 1 | 4 (7%) | |||
| Grade 2 | 7 (12%) | |||
| Grade 3 | 3 (5%) | |||
| Grade 4 | 9 (15%) | |||
| TASC II classification | ||||
| Class A | 19 (32%) | |||
| Class B | 13 (22%) | |||
| Class C | 9 (15%) | |||
| Class D | 19 (32%) | |||
| Below-the-knee runoff | ||||
| 1 runoff | 27 (45%) | |||
| 2 runoffs | 27 (45%) | |||
| 3 runoffs | 6 (10%) |
eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; P2Y12, platelet adenosine diphosphate receptor; PACSS, peripheral artery calcification scoring system; TASC, Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus; DCB, drug-eluting balloon; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound.
Data are expressed as the mean±standard deviation or number (percentage).