Table 2 Baseline lesion and procedural characteristics of lesions and vessels.

From: Diffuseness of coronary artery disease impacts on immediate hemodynamic and predicted clinical outcomes

 

Overall

Included for analysis

Excluded from analysis

95% CI for difference

 

N = 1182

N = 1022

N = 160

 

Lesion location

RCA

320 (27.1%)

265 (25.9%)

55 (34.3%)

-0.163 to-0.006

LAD

492 (41.6%)

435 (42.6%)

57 (35.6%)

-0.011 to 0.150

LCX

370 (31.3%)

322 (31.5%)

48 (30.0%)

-0.061 to 0.092

Bifurcation

473 (42.2%)

450 (44.0%)

23 (14.4%)

0.234 to 0.359

Ostial lesion

78 (6.6%)

0

78 (48.8%)

-0.565 to-0.410

Total occlusion

62 (5.4%)

0

62 (38.8%)

-0.463 to-0.312

Lesion length > 20 mm

661 (55.9%)

597 (58.4%)

64 (40.0%)

0.102 to 0.266

Heavy calc

93 (8.3%)

75 (7.3%)

18 (11.3%)

-0.091 to-0.012

Severe tortuosity

35 (3.1%)

31 (3.0%)

4 (2.5%)

-0.021 to 0.032

Intravascular imaging

1010 (90.3%)

926 (90.6%)

84 (52.5%)

0.302 to 0. 460

IVUS use

684 (61.2%)

612 (59.9%)

72 (45.0%)

0.066 to 0.232

OCT use

326 (29.2%)

314 (30.8%)

12 (7.5%)

0.183 to 0.282

Average stent number per vessel

1.6 ± 0.8

1.5 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 0.8

-0.193 to-0.071

Average stent diameter (mm)

2.96 ± 0.44

2.96 ± 0.44

2.94 ± 0.64

-0.032 to 0.072

Total stent length per vessel (mm)

39.6 ± 22.9

39.8 ± 23.2

38.9 ± 25.4

-1.671 to 3.471

  1. Abbreviations: QFR, quantitative flow ratio; RCA, right coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumferential artery; LMT, left main trunk; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; OCT, optical coherence tomography; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.