Research Article

Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on an Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Supported with Impella® Heart Pump in Patients Ineligible for Surgical Revascularization

Table 2

Procedural characteristics.

CharacteristicsAllCABG ineligibleCABG eligiblep-value
(N=331)(N=227)(N=104)

Number of diseased lesions per patient (>= 50% stenosis)2.23±0.78 (331)2.17±0.76 (227)2.35±0.82 (104)0.060
Lesion Location
 Left Main Coronary Artery34.5% (353/1023)35.1% (240/683)33.2% (113/340)0.577
 Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery31.5% (322/1023)31.6% (216/683)31.2% (106/340)0.943
 Left Circumflex Coronary Artery23.5% (240/1023)22.4% (153/683)25.6% (87/340)0.273
 Right Coronary Artery10.6% (108/1023)10.8% (74/683)10.0% (34/340)0.746
TIMI Flow Pre PCI
 01.3% (8/613)1.6% (7/432)0.6% (1/181)0.447
 11.6% (10/613)2.1% (9/432)0.6% (1/181)0.295
 212.7% (78/613)13.2% (57/432)11.6% (21/181)0.690
 384.3% (517/613)83.1% (359/432)87.3% (158/181)0.223
Number of lesions treated2.14±0.81 (331)2.10±0.79 (227)2.24±0.86 (104)0.137
Number of stents placed2.46±1.31 (328)2.46±1.25 (225)2.46±1.45 (103)0.993
Patients with 1 vessel treated0.3% (1/331)0.0% (0/227)1.0% (1/104)0.314
Patients with 2 vessels treated83.4% (276/331)82.4% (187/227)85.6% (89/104)0.527
Patients with 3 vessels treated16.3% (54/331)17.6% (40/227)13.5% (14/104)0.423
TIMI Flow Post PCI
 00.5% (4/753)0.8% (4/527)0.0% (0/226)0.322
 10.5% (4/753)0.4% (2/527)0.9% (2/226)0.588
 20.8% (6/753)0.9% (5/527)0.4% (1/226)0.674
 398.1% (739/753)97.9% (516/527)98.7% (223/226)0.571
Duration of device support (hour)1.00 [0.13,72.75]1.02 [0.13,50.37]0.94 [0.33,72.75]0.160

CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.