Research Article

New Predictors of Early and Late Outcomes after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Culprit Lesion

Table 2

Angiographic and procedural characteristics. Values are mean ± standard deviation, median (inter-quartile range), or number (%). BMS = Bare-Metal Stent, DES = Drug-Eluting Stent, LCA = left coronary artery, LM = Left Main, PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention, RCA = right coronary artery, and TIMI = Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.

Angiographic characteristicsN = 81

Lesion Location
 Proximal LM31 (38.3)
 Mid LM8 (9.9)
 Distal LM42 (51.8)
Pre-procedural TIMI Flow Grade
 TIMI 011 (13.6)
 TIMI 18 (9.9)
 TIMI 218 (22.2)
 TIMI 344 (54.3)
Rentrop collaterals to LCA10
Occluded RCA16 (19.7)
Rentrop collaterals to RCA11 (13.5)
Extent of coronary artery disease
 LM only25 (30.8)
 LM + 1vessel19 (23.5)
 LM + 2 vessels20 (24.7)
 LM + 3 vessels17 (21)
LM stenosis
 70-89%20 (24.7)
 90-99%49 (60.5)
 100%12 (14.8)
EuroScore II12.2 (3.88-28.6)
SYNTAX Score I28 (18-34)
Residual SYNTAX Score2 (0-11)
SYNTAX Revascularization Index89.4 (64.3-100)
SYNTAX Score II PCI43.1±15.7
Procedural characteristics
Bifurcation technique56 (69.1)
 Kissing stents3 (3.7)
 Provisional49 (60.5)
 V stenting1 (1.2)
 T stenting2 (2.5)
 Mini crush1 (1.2)
BMS48 (59.3)
DES33 (40.7)
Post-PCI TIMI Flow
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 15 (6.2)
 25 (6.2)
 371(87.6)
Technical success76 (92.8)