Angiographic and Clinical Impact of Successful Manual Thrombus Aspiration in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Primary PCI

Table 3

Quantitative coronary angiography results: baseline and 8-month follow-up.

Item	Group A	Group B	𝑃 value*
After primary PCI^†
Reference vessel diameter (mm)	2.85±0.60	3.11±0.55	>0.05
Minimal lumen diameter (mm)	2.55±0.40	2.73±0.69	>0.05
Diameter stenosis (residual in-stent stenosis) (%)	9.5±0.3	10.2±0.54	>0.05
After follow-up coronary angiography^‡ (8 months)
Reference vessel diameter (mm)	2.82±0.58	2.95±0.35	>0.05
Minimal lumen diameter (mm)	1.95±0.55	2.56±0.33	<0.001
Diameter stenosis (ISR) (%)	35.37±14.46	22.2±9.7	<0.001
Late lumen loss (mm)	0.60±0.42	0.17±0.35	<0.001

PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; ISR: in-stent restenosis.
All variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
^∗𝑡-test; ^†100 patients (group A: 50, group B: 50); ^‡94 patients (group A: 46, group B: 48).