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Table 2 Lesion and procedural characteristics

From: Comparison of optical coherence tomography-guided and intravascular ultrasound-guided rotational atherectomy for calcified coronary lesions

 

OCT-guided RA (33 lesions)

IVUS -guided RA (51 lesions)

P value

Target vessel

   

LM

1 (3.0%)

5 (9.8%)

0.457

LAD

23 (69.7%)

33 (64.7%)

0.636

LCX

1 (3.0%)

5 (9.8%)

0.457

RCA

8 (24.2%)

8 (15.7%)

0.329

Sever calcification

31 (93.9%)

48 (94.1%)

1.000

Lesion type B2/C

30 (90.9%)

48 (94.1%)

0.544

Angulation

8 (24.2%)

17 (33.3%)

0.373

Bifurcation

7 (21.2%)

17 (33.3%)

0.230

Multi-vessel coronary disease

24 (72.7%)

41 (80.4%)

0.412

Radial access

26 (78.8%)

32 (62.7%)

0.120

Initial burr size, mm

1.5 (1.5,1.5)

1.5 (1.25,1.5)

0.167

Maximal burr diameter, mm

1.5 (1.5,1.5)

1.5 (1.25,1.5)

0.290

More than 1 burr

3 (9.1%)

5 (9.8%)

0.913

Burr to artery ratio

0.55 ± 0.5

0.54 ± 0.6

0.518

Use of Scoring balloon after RA

11 (33.3%)

2 (3.9%)

0.001

Pre-dilation balloon size, mm

2.6 ± 0.3

2.7 ± 0.3

0.548

Max pre-dilation pressure, atm

17.6 ± 4.6

16.9 ± 4.4

0.471

Number of stents implanted

2.1 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.6

0.658

Mean stent diameter, mm

2.9 ± 0.4

3.0 ± 0.3

0.689

Total stent length, mm

63.8 ± 23.1

61.8 ± 20.5

0.526

Post-dilation balloon size, mm

3.2 ± 0.4

3.3 ± 0.4

0.714

Max post-dilation pressure, atm

20.7 ± 2.9

20.8 ± 2.9

0.811

Procedure time, min

100 (80,140)

95 (80,120)

0.515

Radiation exposure, mGy

1041 (845,1800)

1188 (853,2013)

0.618

Contrast volume, ml

348.8 ± 110.6

275.2 ± 76.8

0.002

Procedure cost, yuan

114,165 ± 31,975

107,380 ± 31,252

0.340

  1. OCT, Optical coherence tomography; IVUS, Intravascular ultrasound; RA, rotational atherectomy; LM, left main; LAD, Left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery