Quantitative coronary angiography at baseline and at 8-month angiographic follow-up in a subgroup of patients randomised to simple versus complex coronary bifurcation stenting
Segment | Proximal main vessel | Distal main vessel | Side branch | ||||||
Simple n=153 | Complex n=154 | P value | Simple n=153 | Complex n=154 | P value | Simple n=153 | Complex n=154 | P value | |
In-stent minimal luminal diameter, mm | |||||||||
Pre-PCI | 1.29±0.55 | 1.41±0.60 | 0.96 | 1.43±0.55 | 1.43±0.58 | 0.51 | 1.43±0.69 | 1.21±0.46 | 0.0008 |
Post-PCI | 3.05±1.46 | 2.84±1.48 | 0.11 | 2.45±0.42 | 2.51±0.41 | 0.89 | 1.59±0.65 | 2.10±0.37 | <0.001 |
Follow-up | 2.76±0.54 | 2.65±0.56 | 0.06 | 2.48±0.49 | 2.42±0.53 | 0.30 | 1.77±0.70 | 2.07±0.51 | <0.001 |
Reference diameter, mm | |||||||||
Baseline | 3.13±0.47 | 3.20±0.57 | 0.86 | 2.57±0.46 | 2.61±0.54 | 0.74 | 2.33±0.49 | 2.40±0.49 | 0.59 |
In-stent diameter stenosis, % | |||||||||
Pre-PCI | 59±16 | 57±17 | 0.17 | 40±20 | 43±22 | 0.25 | 43±18 | 49±17 | 0.99 |
Post-PCI | 11±9 | 8±7 | 0.005 | 11±9 | 11±9 | 0.49 | 36±19 | 17±11 | <0.001 |
Follow-up | 12±11 | 10±8 | 0.01 | 12±10 | 15±12 | 0.97 | 32±20 | 21±17 | <0.001 |
In-stent late lumen loss, mm | |||||||||
0.27±1.48 | 0.08±1.52 | 0.14 | −0.10±0.45 | −0.03±0.47 | 0.89 | −0.20±0.66 | 0.03±0.52 | 0.99 | |
In-segment binary restenosis, n (%) | |||||||||
Follow-up | 2 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | 0.56 | 2 (1.3) | 2 (1.3) | 0.99 | 31 (20.3) | 8 (5.2) | <0.001 |
Binary restenosis: ≥50% diameter stenosis at 8-month follow-up.
Fisher’s exact test, χ2 test or independent samples t-test were used.
*In-stent segments included the stented areas of the main vessel and or the first 5 mm of the side branch.