Research Article
Drug Coated Balloon-Only Strategy in De Novo Lesions of Large Coronary Vessels
| | Before PS matching | After PS matching | Variable | de novo | ≤ 2.75 mm | >2.75 mm | p-value | ≤ 2.75 mm | >2.75 mm | p-value |
| Number of patients | 686 | 552 | 134 | - | 117 | 117 | - |
| Number of lesions | 731 | 577 | 154 | - | 127 | 132 | - |
| Age (years) | 63.5±11.2 | 63.5±11.1 | 63.4±11.8 | 0.836 | 65.5±11.2 | 63.3±11.3 | 0.132 |
| Male gender | 551 (80.3%) | 433 (78.4) | 118 (88.1%) | 0.012 | 97 (82.9%) | 101 (86.3%) | 0.469 |
| Diabetes | 303 (44.2%) | 256 (46.4%) | 47 (35.1%) | 0.018 | 42 (35.9%) | 42 (35.9%) | 1.000 |
| Hypertension | 517 (75.4%) | 420 (76.1%) | 97 (72.4%) | 0.373 | 85 (72.6%) | 84 (71.8%) | 0.884 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 504 (73.5%) | 408 (73.9%) | 96 (71.6%) | 0.593 | 85 (72.6%) | 84 (71.8%) | 0.884 |
| History of smoking | 275 (40.1%) | 221 (40.0%) | 54 (40.3%) | 0.956 | 46 (39.3%) | 46 (43.6%) | 0.507 |
| Renal insufficiency | 18 (2.6%) | 11 (2.0%) | 7 (5.2%) | 0.036 | 5 (4.3%) | 5 (4.3%) | 1.000 |
| unstable angina | 205 (29.9%) | 166 (30.1%) | 39 (29.1%) | 0.826 | 33 (28.2%) | 32 (27.4%) | 0.984 |
| Atrial fibrillation | | | | | | | | paroxysmal | 39 (5.8%) | 29 (5.3%) | 10 (7.5%) | 0.373 | 5 (4.3%) | 9 (7.7%) | 0.683 | persistent | 19 (2.8%) | 16 (2.9%) | 3 (2.2%) | 4 (3.4%) | 2 (1.7%) | long standing, | 2 (0.3%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.9%) | persistent | | | | | | permanent | 19 (2.8%) | 13 (2.4%) | 6 (4.5%) | 4 (3.4%) | 6 (5.1%) | no AF | 607 (88.5%) | 493 (89.3%) | 114 (85.1%) | 103 (88.0%) | 99 (84.6%) |
| Acute coronary Syndrome (ACS) | 199 (29.0%) | 155 (28.1%) | 44 (32.8%) | 0.276 | 39 (33.3%) | 39 (33.3%) | 1.000 |
| STEMI | 90 (13.1%) | 74 (13.4%) | 16 (11.9%) | 0.652 | 15 (12.8%) | 15 (12.8%) | 1.000 |
| NSTEMI | 109 (15.9%) | 81 (14.7%) | 28 (20.9%) | 0.077 | 24 (20.5%) | 24 (20.5%) | 1.000 |
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independent t-test, otherwise Chi 2 or Fisher’s Exact Test whenever applicable. |