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Table 2 Angiographic Characteristics

From: The diagonal branches and outcomes in patients with anterior ST- elevation myocardial infarction

Variables

Total (n = 392)

Flow of the main diagonal branches of LAD

p Value

loss (TIMI 0–1) (n = 69)

no loss (TIMI2–3) (n = 323)

Complicated chronic total occlusion, n(%)

39(9.9)

7(10.1)

32(9.9)

0.95

Complicated multi-vessel disease, n(%)

209(53.3)

33(47.8)

176(54.5)

0.31

Complicated LM lesion, n(%)

24(6.1)

11(15.9)

13(4)

0.001

Visully thrombus, n(%)

187(47.7)

49(83.1)

138(54.3)

0.001

Intervention for culprit vessel

 1st generation DES, n(%)

202(51.5)

31(44.9)

171(52.9)

0.42

 2nd generation DES, n(%)

163(41.6)

32(46.4)

131(40.6)

0.82

 No stent implantation, n(%)

27(6.9)

6(8.7)

21(6.5)

0.51

Stent diameter, mm

3.1 ± 0.4

3.3 ± 0.4

3.1 ± 0.3

0.001

Stent length, mm

27.5 ± 6.3

24.9 ± 6.3

28 ± 6.1

0.001

  1. LAD Left anterior descending artery, LM Left main artery DES Drug-eluting stent