Research Article

Drug-Coated Balloon-Only Angioplasty Outcomes in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients with De Novo Small Coronary Vessels Disease

Table 2

Baseline lesions characteristics.

Overall population (n = 1198)Nondiabetic (n = 768)Diabetic (n = 430) value

Bifurcation418 (34.8%)259 (33.7%)159 (36.9%)0.257
Ostial lesion193 (16.1%)121 (15.7%)72 (16.7%)0.655
Thrombosis7 (0.5%)3 (0.3%)4 (0.9%)0.252
CTO181 (15.1%)127 (16.5%)54 (12.5%)0.65
Diffusion lesion298 (24.8%)188 (24.4%)110 (25.5%)0.672
Calcified61 (5%)42 (5.4%)19 (4.4%)0.428
Target vessel0.112
 LAD505 (42.2%)314 (40.8%)191 (44.4%)0.235
 LCX456 (38.1%)311 (40.4%)145 (33.7%)0.021
 RCA233 (19.4%)140 (18.2%)93 (21.6%)0.154
 Graft4 (0.3%)3 (0.3%)1 (0.2%)0.640
Lesion length16 ± 8.716 ± 8.615 ± 8.70.644
Treated lesion1351 (100%)868 (64.2%)483 (35.7%)0.064
 1 lesion1051 (87.7%)674 (87.7%)377 (87.6%)0.965
 2 lesions141 (11.8%)88 (11.4%)53 (12.3%)0.655
 3 lesions6 (0.6%)6 (0.7%)0 (0%)0.066

Statistically significant; CTO: chronic total occlusion; LAD: left anterior descending artery; LCX: left circumflex; RCA: right coronary artery.