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Table 2 Angiographic and procedural characteristics of the patients

From: The therapeutic effects of excimer laser coronary atherectomy therapy for in-stent restenosis chronic total occlusions

  Total
n = 59
ELCA group
n = 21
Non-ELCA group
n = 38
p value
Lesion location
 Left anterior descending (%) 27 (45.8) 14 (66.7) 13 (34.2)  
 Left circumflex (%) 10 (16.9) 2 (9.5) 8 (21.1)  
 Right coronary artery (%) 22 (37.3) 5 (23.8) 17 (44.7) 0.056
Multiple vessel disease (%) 55 (93.2) 20 (95.2) 35 (92.1) 1.000
Syntax score 19.4 ± 7.6 21.9 ± 3.3 18.7 ± 8.3 0.141
J-CTO score 1.87 ± 0.81 2.57 ± 0.79 1.67 ± 0.70 0.007
Treatment with DCB (%) 49 (83.1) 16 (76.2) 33 (86.8) 0.306
Treatment with DES (%) 26 (44.1) 13 (61.9) 13 (34.2) 0.040
IVUS 12 (20.3) 5 (23.8) 7 (18.4) 0.739
OCT 1 (1.7) 1 (4.8) 0 (0) 0.356
Before intervention
 Lesion length (mm) 33.5 ± 11.3 36.4 ± 13.2 32.7 ± 10.7 0.363
 Reference lumen diameter (mm) 2.79 ± 0.54 3.08 ± 0.52 2.72 ± 0.52 0.059
After intervention
 Minimum lumen diameter (mm) 1.90 ± 0.63 2.36 ± 0.29 1.78 ± 0.64  < 0.001
 Percentage diameter stenosis 32.9 ± 17.5 24.5 ± 9.09 35.1 ± 18.6 0.048
Procedure success (%) 44 (75.9) 18 (85.7) 26 (70.3) 0.187
Fluoroscopic time (min) 37.3 ± 20.9 30.4 ± 16.4 39.2 ± 21.7 0.400
Contrast volume (mL) 230.4 ± 58.4 254.2 ± 52.6 223.7 ± 58.8 0.146
  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation or the median (interquartile range)
  2. J-CTO score: Japan chronic total occlusion score; DCB: drug-coated balloon; DES: drug-eluting stent; IVUS: intravascular ultrasound; OCT: optical coherence tomography; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; MI: myocardial infarction