Research Article
Stentless Strategy by Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty following Directional Coronary Atherectomy for Left Main Bifurcation Lesion
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Patient characteristics | N = 38 | | Age (years) | 70 ± 9 | | Male (%) | 34 (89) | | Hypertension (%) | 28 (74) | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 10 (26) | | Hyperlipidemia (%) | 31 (82) | | Hemodialysis (%) | 1 (3) | | Current smoking (%) | 2 (5) | | Previous PCI (%) | 17 (45) | | Previous CABG (%) | 0 (0) |
| | Medication | | ACE/ARB (%) | 24 (63) | | β-Blocker (%) | 25 (66) | | Statin (%) | 37 (97) | | Aspirin (%) | 38 (100) | | Clopidogrel (%) | 14 (37) | | Prasugrel (%) | 16 (42) |
| | Medina classification | | (0, 1, 0) (%) | 26 (68) | | (0, 0, 1) (%) | 3 (8) | | (1, 0, 0) (%) | 1 (3) | | (1, 1, 0) (%) | 6 (15) | | (1, 0, 1) (%) | 1 (3) | | (1, 1, 1) (%) | 1 (3) |
| | Main target of DCA | | LAD ostium (%) | 27 (71) | | LCX ostium (%) | 3 (8) | | Distal LM trunk (%) | 2 (5) | | Distal LM trunk and LAD ostium (%) | 5 (13) | | Distal LM trunk, LAD ostium, and LCX ostium (%) | 1 (3) |
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