Baseline characteristics
| Patients (n=1000) | ||
| Age (years) | 65 | ±11 |
| Female | 26.1 | |
| History of diabetes | 18.4 | |
| Requiring insulin | 6.4 | |
| History of hypertension | 58.0 | |
| History of hyperlipidaemia | 56.2 | |
| Family history of CAD | 45.5 | |
| Current smoker | 24.1 | |
| Chronic renal failure | 6.1 | |
| Prior myocardial infarction | 25.3 | |
| Prior percutaneous intervention | 30.1 | |
| Prior CABG | 6.8 | |
| Urgent indication for PCI | 30.4 | |
| Lesions (n=1255) | ||
| TIMI flow 0 preprocedure | 14.5 | |
| Thrombus present and thrombus aspiration | 15.0 | 10.8 |
| AHA/ACC lesion type B2/C | 58.9 | |
| Lesion length (mm) | 15.0 | 12–20 |
| Reference vessel diameter (mm) | 3.0 | 3.0–3.5 |
| Percentage stenosis by visual estimate | 90 | 80–99 |
| Total stent length (mm) | 21.4 | ±10.5 |
| Total stent diameter (mm) | 3.2 | ±0.5 |
Values are valid %, mean ± SD, or median (IQR).
AHA/ACC, American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology classification; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.