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 | |
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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 |