Table 3.
Angiographic and procedural characteristics of the included patients
| AIR-CTO [13] | AVIO [14] | CTO-IVUS [15] | HOME DES IVUS [23] | ILUMIEN III [21] | iSIGHT [34] | IVUS-XPL [16] | Kala et al. [22] | Kim et al. [17] | Liu et al. [18] | RESET [24] | Tan et al. [19] | ULTIMATE [20] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stent diameter (mm) | 3.1/2.9 | 3.0/2.9 | 2.9/2.9 | NR | NR | 3.3/3.3/3.2 | NR | NR | NR | 3.5/3.3 | NR | 3.4/3.4 | 3.1/3.0 |
| Stent length (mm) | 55/52 | 23.9/23.2 | 43.6/41.5 | 23.6/22.1 | 24/23/20 | 32.5/28.6/25.8 | 39.3/39.2 | NR | 33/31 | 32.6/33.3 | 20.4/20.1 | 21.5/18.2 | 50.0/47.4 |
| Max balloon diameter (mm) | NR | 3.4/3.2 | NR | 3.3/3.1 | 3.5/3.5/3.0 | 3.5/3.5/3.5 | 3.1/3.0 | NR | 3.2/3.1 | 3.5/3.5 | NR | NR | 3.7/3.5 |
| Max post-dilation pressure (Atm) | NR | 20.3/19.6 | 14.6/13.8 | 16.4/15.2 | 19/18/18 | 20/20/24 | 16.5/15.9 | 18/16 | 13.4/13.6 | 15.4/13.9 | 16.7/16.1 | NR | 19.7/19.0 |
| Contrast volume (ml) | 293/293 | NR | 299/295 | 133/113 | 196/225/183 | 8NR | NR | 230/168 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 178/162 |
| Lesion length (mm) | 29.0/30.6 | 27.4/25.5 | 36.3/35.5 | 18.1/17.6 | 15.3/15.3/14.7 | 23.1/21/6/20.2 | 34.7/35.2 | NR | 29.8/30.5 | NR | 16.6/15.8 | NR | 35.1/34.1 |
| Reference vessel diameter (mm) | 2.7/2.6 | 2.7/2.6 | 2.7/2.6 | 3.2/3.0 | 2.9/2.8/2.8 | 2.9/2.8/2.9 | 2.9/2.9 | NR | 2.8/2.8 | NR | 2.9/2.8 | NR | 2.7/2.8 |
| Pre MLD (mm) | NR | 0.8/0.7 | NR | 1.1/1.0 | 1.1/1.0/1.0 | 0.8/0.8/0.8 | 0.8/0.8 | 0.29/0.51 | 1.0/0.9 | NR | 1.2/1.0 | 1.9/1.9 | NR |
| Post MLD (mm) | 3.0/2.9 | 2.6/2.4 | 2.6/2.6 | 2.9/2.9 | NR | 3.3/3.3/3.3 | 2.6/2.6 | 2.8/2.9 | 2.6/2.5 | NR | 2.9/2.7 | 3.4/3.4 | NR |
| Pre-DS (%) | 100/100 | 71.6/75.5 | 100/100 | 82.3/79.2 | 63.3/64.0/65.4 | 71.4/73.0/71.3 | 71.1/71.4 | 92/87 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Post DS (%) | 7.5/8.2 | 13.9/15.5 | 9.0/10.2 | 14.6/15.3 | NR | NR | 12.8/13.7 | 12/12 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Multi-vessel disease (%) | 49/57 | NR | 72/63 | 60/54 | NR | NR | 68/70 | 12/9 | 38/41 | 83/85 | 45/45 | 93/84 | 53/57 |
| LAD | NR | 53/49 | NR | 56/54 | 50/52/57 | 22/19/20 | 65/60 | 39/32 | 64/65 | 56/53 | 60/49 | NR | 48/47 |
| LCX | NR | NR | NR | NR | 27/27/20 | 10/12/7 | 15/14 | 16/12 | 14/14 | 44/50 | 18/22 | NR | 17/17 |
| RCA | NR | NR | NR | 29/24 | 22/22/23 | 19/20/26 | 21/25 | 48/52 | 22/20 | 62/58 | 22/30 | NR | 25/28 |
| A | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| B1 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| B2 | NR | NR | NR | 73/76 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 66/68 |
| C | NR | NR | NR | 27/24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
MLD minimal lumen diameter; DS diameter stenosis; LAD left anterior descending artery; LCX left circumflex artery; RCA right coronary artery; ACC/AHA American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; NR not reported