Research Article

IVUS-Guided Zero-Contrast PCI in CKD Patients: Safety and Short-Term Outcome in Patients with Complex Demographics and/or Lesion Characteristics

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics.

Baseline characteristicsOverall group (n = 15)

Age (mean ± SD) (years)70.0 ± 11.0
Male15 (100%)
Hypertension13 (86.7%)
Diabetes mellitus13 (86.7%)
Dyslipidemia10 (66.7%)
Previous PCI4 (26.7%)
Previous CAD5 (33.3%)
Initial hospital presentation
 SIHD7 (46.6%)
 Unstable angina2 (13.3%)
 NSTEMI4 (26.6%)
 STEMI (non–culprit lesion)2 (13.3%)
 LVEF (mean ± SD)42.4 ± 11.6

LVEF (%)
 >504 (26.6%)
 40–496 (40%)
 <405 (33.3%)
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) (mean ± SD)2.6 ± 1.3
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) (mean ± SD)30.8 ± 7.3
BMC2 CIN risk (%) (mean ± SD)15.3 ± 8.3
BMC2 dialysis risk (%) (mean ± SD)2.1 ± 1.1

All data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise specified. BMC : Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium; CIN : contrast-induced nephropathy; eGFR : estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVEF : left ventricular ejection fraction; NSTEMI : non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; PCI : percutaneous coronary intervention; SD : standard deviation; SIHD : stable ischemic heart disease; STEMI : ST-elevation myocardial infarction.