Research Article

Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with Femoropopliteal Totally Occlusive In-Stent Restenosis: A Single-Center, Retrospective, Observational Study

Table 2

Lesion’s characteristics.

VariablesAF group (n = 79)Sinus group (n = 382) value

Chronic total occlusion, n (%)41 (52)197 (52)0.96
TASC C/D lesions, n (%)39 (49)179 (47)0.68
Calcification, n (%)
 PACCS grade 0-1, n (%)20 (25)71 (19)0.39
 PACCS grade 2, n (%)36 (46)213 (56)
 PACCS grade 3, n (%)14 (18)61 (16)
 PACCS grade 4, n (%)9 (11)36 (9)
Run-off grade, n (%)
 Grade 0, n (%)9 (11)34 (9)
 Grade 1, n (%)51 (65)264 (69)0.71
 Grade 2, n (%)19 (24)84 (22)
Poor run-off, n (%)17 (36)66 (27)0.22
Kind of stents, n (%)
 Bare-metal stent, n (%)66 (84)319 (83)0.91
 Drug-eluting stent, n (%)13 (16)62 (16)
 VIABAHN, n (%)0 (0)1 (1)
Total stent length (mm)167 ± 101160 ± 990.60
Stent diameter (mm)6.7 ± 0.76.7 ± 0.80.64
Stenting on P1 segment, n(%)19 (24)73 (19)0.32

AF, atrial fibrillation; TASC, Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus; PACCS, peripheral artery calcification scoring system.