Table 2 Angiographic parameters.

From: Five-year outcomes in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing surgery or percutaneous intervention

Angiographic parameters

Overall (1035)

CABG (356)

PCI (679)

P value

Number of lesion; mean (SD)

4.3 (1.5)

4.2 (1.4)

4.3 (1.5)

0.42

LM disease; n (%)

267 (25.8)

109 (30.6)

158 (23.3)

0.01

Bifurcation; n (%)

752 (72.7)

261 (73.3)

491 (72.3)

0.73

Severe calcification; n (%)

292 (28.2)

85 (23.9)

207 (30.5)

0.02

Total occlusion; n (%)

171 (16.5)

77 (21.6)

164 (24.2)

0.36

SYNTAX score; mean (SD)

30.2 (6.4)

31.3 (5.9)

29.6 (6.5)

 < 0.01

  1. LM left main, SYNTAX Synergy between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention.