Research Article

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

Table 3

Procedural characteristics.

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

Procedural0.225
 Transradial1181 (98.5%)736 (95.8%)418 (97.2%)
 Transfemoral44 (3.6%)32 (4.1%)12 (2.7%)
Treated lesion1351 (100%)868 (64.2%)483 (35.7%)0.064
 1 lesion1051 (87.7%)674 (87.7%)377 (87.6%)
 2 lesions141 (11.8%)88 (11.4%)53 (12.3%)
 3 lesions6 (0.6%)6 (0.7%)0 (0%)
Lesion preparation
 Semicompliant balloon939 (78.4%)609 (79.2%)330 (76.7%)0.303
 Semicompliant balloon diameter (mm)2 ± 0.22 ± 0.22 ± 0.20.647
 Semicompliant balloon pressure (atm)8.2 ± 3.28.2 ± 1.28.3 ± 3.60.431
 Lacrosse NSE®364 (30.4%)295 (38.4%)135 (39.7%)0.569
 Lacrosse NSE® diameter (mm)2.3 ± 0.22.3 ± 0.22.3 ± 0.20.151
 Cutting balloon130 (10.9%)81 (10.5%)49 (11.3%)0.651
 Cutting balloon diameter (mm)2.5 ± 0.22.5 ± 0.22.5 ± 0.20.536
 Scoreflex®51 (4.3%)35 (4.5%)16 (3.7%)0.492
 Scoreflex® diameter (mm)2.2 ± 0.22.2 ± 0.22.2 ± 0.20.359
 NC balloon207 (17.3%)137 (17.8%)70 (16.7%)0.493
 NC balloon diameter (mm)2.5 ± 0.162.5 ± 0.172.5 ± 0.160.861
 NC balloon pressure (atm)14.3 ± 2.414.1 ± 2.314.4 ± 3.50.347
 Rotational atherectomy26 (2.2%)21 (2.7%)5 (1.1%)0.073
 Burr diameter (mm)1.4 ± 0.11.4 ± 0.1
Dissection after predilation0.540
 Type A377 (31.4%)248 (32.2%)129 (30%)0.404
 Type B159 (13.2%)99 (12.8%)60 (13.9%)0.603
Residual stenosis after predilation21.1 ± 11.220.4 ± 10.822.2 ± 11.80.020
Residual stenosis after DCB19.7 ± 11.519.3 ± 11.620.3 ± 11.40.145
DCB number0.463
 1 DCB1119 (93.4%)716 (93.2%)403 (93.7%)
 2 DCB76 (6.3%)51 (6.6%)25 (5.8%)
 3 DCB3 (0.3%)1 (0.13%)2 (0.4%)
Stenosis (%)88.9 ± 9.488.9 ± 9.688.8 ± 9.10.890
RVD (mm)2.5 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.82.5 ± 0.20.366
DCB diameter (mm)2.4 ± 0.22.4 ± 0.22.4 ± 0.20.629
DCB length (mm)23.2 ± 9.323.3 ± 9.223 ± 9.40.660
DCB inflation pressure (atm)8.2 ± 3.28.1 ± 1.48.3 ± 5.10.416
DCB inflation time (s)60 ± 4.560.1 ± 4.959.9 ± 3.70.474
Dissection after DCB deployment0.773
 Type A338 (28.2%)218 (28.3%)120 (27.9%)0.860
 Type B172 (14.4%)109 (14.1%)63 (14.6%)0.835

Statistically significant; DCB: drug-coated balloon; NC: noncompliant; RVD: reference vessel diameter.