TABLE 4.
Procedural and Clinical Outcomes
| Balloon Angioplasty (n=75) | Stent (n=64) | p | Balloon Angioplasty (n=31) | Stent (n=84) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedure success | 72 (97%) | 64 (100%) | 0.2 | 30 (97%) | 83 (99%) | 0.5 |
| Perforation | 0 | 1 (2%) | 0.5 | 2 (6%) | 2 (2%) | 0.3 |
| Distal embolization | 0 | 1 (2%) | 0.5 | 0 | 2 (2%) | 0.5 |
| ABI at 30 days | 0.92±0.18 | 0.90±0.23 | 0.8 | 0.82±0.16 | 0.93±0.15 | 0.03 |
| ABI at 1 year | 0.82±0.23 | 0.85±0.21 | 0.6 | 0.79±0.27 | 0.79±0.20 | 0.9 |
| Sustained clinical improvement at 30 days | 70/75 (93%) | 58/64 (91%) | 0.9 | 29/31 (94%) | 81/84 (96%) | 0.8 |
| Sustained clinical improvement at 1 year | 34/43 (79%) | 28/46 (61%) | 0.06 | 12/16 (75%) | 35/57 (62%) | 0.3 |
| Major amputation at 1 year | 5/75 (7%) | 1/64 (2%) | 0.2 | 4/31 (13%) | 6/84 (7%) | 0.5 |
Continuous data are presented as the means ± standard deviation; categorical data are given as the counts (percentage).
ABI: ankle-brachial index.