Short- and Mid-Term Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Rotational Atherectomy in Aortoostial Coronary Lesions in Left Main or Right Coronary Arteries

Table 2

Angiographic characteristics of the population.

	Aortoostial lesions; n=80 (%)	Nonostial lesions; n=418 (%)	p-value
CAD extension
Multivessel CAD	63 (78.8)	347 (83.0)	0.12
Lesion location
LMCA	39 (48.8)	125 (29.9)	<0.001
Right coronary artery	46 (57.5)	118 (28.2)	<0.001
LAD	-	211 (50.0)	<0.001
Circumflex artery	-	57 (13.6)	0.03
Characteristics
In-stent restenosis	0 (0.0)	19 (4.5)	0.06
Chronic total occlusion	4 (5.0)	38 (9.1)	0.23
Severe calcification	61 (76.3)	260 (62.2)	0.02
Lesion length >20 mm	38 (47.5)	245 (58.6)	0.07

CAD: coronary artery disease; LMCA: left main coronary artery; LAD: left anterior descending artery.