Research Article

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Procedural Unfractionated Heparin without Activated Clotting Time Guidance: A Unique Opportunity to Assess Thrombotic and Bleeding Events

Table 2

Procedural characteristics.

Mean (count)Standard deviation (percentage)

Time of procedure (min)6933.4
Number of stents1.6 (range = 0–7)0.9
Diagnosis
 Stable angina/stable CAD40055.7
 NSTEMI10815.0
 STEMI8712.1
 Staged PCI7310.2
 Unstable angina507.0
Access site
 Radial56278.3
 Femoral15121.0
 Ulnar50.7
Antiplatelet
 Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (IV)334.6
 Clopidogrel (oral)49969.5
 Ticagrelor (oral)19226.7
 Prasugrel (oral)273.8
 Oral antiplatelets preload12717.7
 Oral antiplatelets ad hoc load59182.3
Lesions intervened n = 1108
 LAD territory49869.4
 RCA territory29440.9
 LCX territory26436.8
 Ramus intermedius263.6
 Left main162.2
 Coronary bypass graft00

CAD: coronary artery disease; LAD: left anterior descending; LCX: left circumflex; NSTEMI: non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA: right coronary artery; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.