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Table 1 Baseline demographic clinical characteristics of patients in the RA + CB and RA (control) groups

From: Intensive plaque modification with rotational atherectomy and cutting balloon before drug-eluting stent implantation for patients with severely calcified coronary lesions: a pilot clinical study

  

RA + CB

RA

P

Subjects, n

 

35

36

 

Demographics

Age, y

69.3 ± 11.6

72.2 ± 10.2

0.269

 

Male, n (%)

25 (71.4)

25 (69.4)

0.855

 

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.2 ± 4.9

24.8 ± 4.1

0.184

Diagnosis, n (%)

Stable angina

7 (20.0)

6 (16.7)

0.717

 

Unstable angina

26 (74.3)

28 (77.8)

0.730

 

Acute myocardial infarction

2 (5.7)

2 (5.6)

0.977

Risk factors, n (%)

Diabetes mellitus

25 (71.4)

27 (75.0)

0.734

 

Hypertension

27 (77.1)

28 (77.8)

0.949

 

Current smokers

20 (57.1)

22 (61.1)

0.734

 

Dyslipidemia

18 (51.4)

20 (55.6)

0.727

 

Chronic kidney disease

10 (28.6) *

3 (8.3)

0.027

 

LVEF < 50 %

14 (40.0)

16 (44.4)

0.705

Past history, n (%)

Myocardial infarction

8 (22.9)

10 (27.8)

0.738

 

PCI

5 (14.3)

6 (16.7)

0.782

 

Coronary artery bypass graft

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. *P < 0.05 compared with RA group