Research Article
Vascular Response after Directional Coronary Atherectomy for Left Main Bifurcation Lesion
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of participants.
| | Patient characteristics | 31 patients |
| | Age (years) | 70 ± 10 | | Male (%) | 29 (94) | | Hypertension (%) | 24 (77) | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 8 (26) | | Hyperlipidemia (%) | 24 (77) | | Hemodialysis (%) | 1 (3) | | Current smoker (%) | 2 (6) | | Previous percutaneous coronary intervention (%) | 10 (32) | | Previous coronary artery bypass graft (%) | 0 (0) |
| | Medication | | ACE/ARB (%) | 21 (68) | | β-Blocker (%) | 22 (71) | | Statin (%) | 30 (97) | | Aspirin (%) | 31 (100) | | Clopidogrel (%) | 10 (32) | | Prasugrel (%) | 21 (68) |
| | Medina classification | | (0, 1, 0) (%) | 18 (58) | | (0, 0, 1) (%) | 4 (13) | | (1, 0, 0) (%) | 1 (3) | | (1, 1, 0) (%) | 7 (23) | | (1, 1, 1) (%) | 1 (3) |
| | Main target of DCA | | LAD ostium (%) | 21 (68) | | LCX ostium (%) | 2 (6) | | Distal left main trunk (%) | 2 (6) | | Distal left main trunk and LAD ostium (%) | 5 (17) | | Distal left main trunk, LAD ostium, and LCX ostium (%) | 1 (3) |
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