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Table 4 Procedural details

From: Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions: stent-covering of the side branch with and without PCI of the side branch: a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients

 

Covering SB without PCI SB (group A)

N

Covering SB + PCI SB (group B)

N

Difference

CI; P

Thrombectomy before PCI (no, percent)

6 (9.4%)

64

4 (11.8%)

34

1.29a

(0.34; 4.92) 0.71

Primary stenting (no, percent)

19 (29.7%)

64

8 (23.5%)

34

0.73a

(0.28; 1.90) 0.52

Stent diameter (mm, mean, range, SD)

2.7 (2.0 – 3.5, 0.31)

64

2.8 (2.0 – 3.5, 0.38)

34

−0.15b

(−0.29; -0.01) 0.04

Stent length (mm, mean, range, SD)

17.6 (8.0 – 58.0, 8.8)

64

20.7 (8.0 – 44.0, 8.8)

34

−0.18c

(−0.36; -0.00) 0.05

Drug eluting stent (no., percent)

36 (56.3%)

64

17 (50.0%)

34

0.78a

(0.34; 1.79) 0.56

Glycoprotein IIB/IIIA antagonists (no., percent)

9 ( 14.1%)

64

8 (24.2%)

34

1.88a

(0.65; 5.43) 0.24

Duration of x-ray, min (mean, range, SD)

18.1 (2.7-220; 28.5 )

64

20.1 (5.8-51.4; 12.2 )

34

−0.36c

(−0.67; -0.06) 0.02

Amount of contrast medium, ml (mean, range, SD)

225.8 (70–640; 104.0)

64

307.4 (180–470; 83.9 )

34

−81.5a

(−122.8; -40.3) <0.001

  1. a Odds ratio; b Difference in means; c Average difference, logged values (for not normally distributed variables).