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. 2023 Feb 20;18(14):1188–1196. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00781

Table 4. Ten-year clinical outcomes in patients with moderate-severe coronary calcification according to polymer coating strategies.

BP-DES (n=304) PF-DES (n=755) PP-DES (n=613) Adj. p-value
All-cause mortality 112 (41.6) 297 (43.5) 240 (42.7) 0.82
Target lesion revascularisation 60 (25.0) 161 (26.1) 127 (25.0) 0.29
Myocardial infarction 24 (8.7) 44 (6.5) 47 (8.4) 0.05
Definite or probable stent thrombosis 6 (2.0) 13 (1.8) 18 (3.3) 0.76
Data are shown as crude event rates (Kaplan-Meier estimates as percentages), p-values derived from Cox proportional hazard models. BP: biodegradable-polymer; DES: drug-eluting stent; PF: polymer-free; PP: permanent-polymer