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Table 3 Incidence of peri-procedural complications and 9-month MACEs

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
Peri-procedural complications 9 (15.3) 5 (23.8) 4 (10.5) 0.258
Coronary perforation 2 (3.4) 2 (9.5) 0 0.123
Coronary slow flow/no flow 4 (6.6) 2 (9.5) 2 (5.3) 0.812
PCI-related MI (%) 7 (11.9) 3 (14.3) 4 (10.5) 0.691
9-month MACEs 8 (13.6) 2 (9.5) 6 (15.8) 0.699
 MI 1 (1.7) 0 1 (2.6) 1.000
 TLR 7 (11.9) 2 (9.5) 5 (13.2) 0.732
  Cardiac death 0 0 0 NA
  Stent thrombosis 0 0 0 NA
  1. Data are presented as n (%)
  2. PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; MI, myocardial infarction; MACEs, major adverse cardiac events; TLR, target lesion revascularization