Table 3.
Procedural and inhospital outcome.
| MB (n = 174) | RA (n = 174) | P | |
| Procedural duration, min | 92.4 ± 27.6 | 104.6 ± 30.2 | .025 |
| Contrast amount, ml | 151.4 ± 52.7 | 179.6 ± 93.9 | .014 |
| Strategy success | 174 (100%) | 174 (100%) | NA |
| Dissections | 3 (1.72%) | 9 ((5.17%) | .078 |
| Perforations | 1 (0.57%) | 3 (1.72%) | .315 |
| No/slow flow | 0 | 10 (5.75%) | .001 |
| Cardiac tamponade | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Target vessel re-PCI | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Stent thrombosis | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Periprocedural MI | 44 (25.3%) | 91 ((52.3%) | <.0001 |
| Emergency CABG | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Death | 0 | 0 | NA |
Values are n (%) or mean ± SD.
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting, MB = modified balloon, MI = myocardial infarction, NA = not applicable, PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention, RA = rotational atherectomy.