Research Article

Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Unprotected Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Large Single-Centre Experience

Table 2

Baseline lesion and procedure characteristics.

N = 913

Coronary artery disease extent
 Isolated LM8.0% (73)
 LM + 1VD19.9% (182)
 LM + 2VD35.9% (328)
 LM + 3VD36.1% (330)
Total occluded lesion4.4% (40)

LM lesion location
 Ostium11.4% (104)
 Shaft5.7% (52)
 Bifurcation82.9% (757)

Main vessel
 Reference vessel diameter, mm3.66 ± 0.46
 Lesion length, mm20.7 ± 15.3
 Diameter stenosis, %83.0 ± 10.7

Side branch
 Reference vessel diameter, mm2.96 ± 0.38
 Lesion length, mm20.3 ± 13.7
 Diameter stenosis, %79.8 ± 13.2

Medina type for bifurcation lesion
 0,1,14.1% (37)
 1,0,03.8% (29)
 1,0,17.9% (60)
 1,1,046.8% (354)
 1,1,136.6% (277)

Lesion type
 De novo96.4% (880)

SYNTAX score24.5 ± 7.4
 SYNTAX score ≤ 3286.3% (788)
 SYNTAX score > 3213.7% (125)

Procedure access
 Transradial approach45.7% (417)
 Transfemoral approach54.3% (496)

Stent type
 Bare metal stent12.0% (110)
 Drug-eluting stent88.0% (803)
  1st generation drug-eluting stent15.0% (137)
  2nd generation drug-eluting stent72.9% (666)
Number of stents per patient2.15 ± 1.18
Total stent length, mm32.1 ± 19.3
2-stent strategy26.5% (242)
 Crush16.3% (149)
 T-stent3.3% (30)
 V or kissing stent5.4% (49)
 Culotte1.5% (14)
Residual SYNTAX score4.86 ± 6.26
Guidance with IVUS39.5% (361)
Performed by an experienced operator83.2% (760)

Experienced operator defined as those performed, at least, 15 LM PCIs per year for, at least, 3 consecutive years.