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Table 2 Angiographic and procedural characteristics

From: Meta-analysis and systematic review of intravascular ultrasound versus angiography-guided drug eluting stent implantation in left main coronary disease in 4592 patients

First author

Lesion number

Ostial lesion

Midshaft lesion

Distal lesion

LM only

LM plus 1 Vessel disease

LM plus 2 vessel disease

LM plus 3 vessel disease

Types of Stent

Stent number

Stent diameter (mm)

Stent Length (mm)

Two-stent technique

Final kissing balloon

Post-dilation

Agostoni et al. [21]

–

7/3

7/9

10/22

–

–

11/25

–

SES/PES

1.5/1.4

3.2/3.2

27/23

7/11

4/10

22/26

Park et al. [22]

–

61/62a

84/83

6/8

35/32

48/48

56/57

SES/PES

1.23/1.24

–

35.16/35.63

39/42

–

–

De La Torre Hernandez et al. [23]

1.47/1.5

151/145

133/134

221/226

–

160/168

161/149

–

–

–

3.8/3.65

16.0/16.8

63/62

–

–

Gao et al. [24]

1.2/1.3

32/59

16/30

191/359

–

–

–

–

SES

1.5/1.4

3.5/3.4

35.4/33.3

154/280

–

321/543

Tan et al. [25]

–

29/28a

32/34

7/10

14/13

24/22

16/17

SES

1.39/1.42

3.43/3.44

21.48/18.24

24/26

–

23/9

Kim et al. [26]

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

First and second-generation

–

–

25/28

0/0

26/12

–

Tian et al. [16]

1.7/1.68

81/148

45/82

587/956

59/66

141/240

258/416

255/464

First and second-generation

–

3.54/3.39

21.7/24.3

266/236

399/395

551/638

  1. Data are presented as IVUS-guided /angiography-guided PCI with DES for left main coronary artery lesions
  2. SES sirolimus eluting stent, PES paclitaxel eluting stent
  3. aOstial or midshaft LM lesions