Research Article
Outcomes of Left Main Revascularization after Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Surgery
Table 2
Angiographic and procedural characteristics.
| | | PCI (n = 288) | CABG (n = 270) | value |
| | Distal LM | 272 (95%) | 228 (84%) | <0.001 | | Three-vessel disease | 90 (31%) | 154 (57%) | <0.001 | | CTO | 75 (26%) | 73 (27%) | 0.790 | | RCA CTO | 48 (17%) | 58 (21%) | 0.147 | | SYNTAX score >32 | 123 (43%) | 159 (59%) | <0.001 | | Rotational atherectomy | 21 (7.3%) | — | | | IVUS | 217 (76%) | — | | | LM mean stent diameter (mm) | 3.9 ± 0.3 | — | | | LM mean stent length (mm) | 26 ± 12 | — | | | Double-stent technique | 151 (52%) | — | | | Crush/mini-crush | 104 (69%) | — | | | T-stent | 25 (17%) | — | | | Number of stents implanted per patient at index procedure | 2.7 ± 0.9 | — | | | IABP | 30 (10%) | — | | | Max inflation pressure (atm) | 21 ± 3 | — | | | GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors | 66 (23%) | — | | | Multivessel PCI | 263 (91%) | — | | | Successful CTO PCI | 60/70 (86%) | — | | | CABG beating heart | — | 218 (81%) | | | BIMA | — | 157 (58%) | | | Mean venous graft | — | 0.8 ± 0.7 | — | | Complete revascularization | 233 (81%) | 233 (86%) | 0.086 | | Mean hospital stay (days) | 4.7 ± 3 | 10.3 ± 5 | <0.001 |
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BIMA, bilateral internal mammary artery; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CTO, chronic total occlusion; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; LM, left main; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery.
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