Research Article

The Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes of Postdilation after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Procedural characteristics of studies included.

Saadat et al. 2019Qin et al. 2019Gao et al. 2018Soylu et al. 2018Yamaji et al. 2017∗Tasal et al. 2013Biswas et al. 2012

N500/72476/319199/13762/6273/118214/19171/89
Culprit lesion-related artery (%)
LMNA4.0/1.3NANANANANA
LAD63.8/44.640.8/51.148.7/41.643.5/48.431.5/43.343.9/54.5NA
LCX10.4/15.219.7/8.513.1/7.311.3/8.113.7/16.725.7/20.4NA
RCA23.2/35.535.5/39.238.2/51.145.2/43.554.8/40.030.4/25.1NA
Pre-PCI TIMI flow
0/1309/51863/285155/10343/4548/81160/14844/58
2106/13513/3415/1710/108/1345/2316/17
385/710/029/179/719/259/1011/14
Post-PCI TIMI flow
0/11/51/34/12/00/05/40/0
2159/2102/1523/2520/90/249/3411/15
3340/50973/300172/11140/5373/118160/15360/74

LM: left main; LAD: left anterior descending; LCX: left circumflex; RCA: right coronary artery; TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention. ∗Number of lesions, n = 120.