First-in-Human Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Stent Positioning Assistance System for Precise Positioning of Coronary Stents

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Radial approach</td><td class="align_center">47 (85%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Balloon predilatation</td><td class="align_center">19 (35%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Heavily calcified</td><td class="align_center">18 (32%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Severe tortuosity</td><td class="align_center">4 (7%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Time spent for positioning the stent</td><td class="align_center">41 ± 68.0 seconds</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Target lesion</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nonbifurcational and nonostial</td><td class="align_center">29 (54%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Edge-to-edge multiple stents</td><td class="align_center">13 (24%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Arterial bifurcation</td><td class="align_center">1 (2%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Aorto-ostial</td><td class="align_center">4 (7%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ostial nonaorto-ostial</td><td class="align_center">5 (9%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Procedural characteristics (<i>n</i> = 55).</div>

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

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Table 2: First-in-Human Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Stent Positioning Assistance System for Precise Positioning of Coronary Stents 

Table 2 | First-in-Human Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of a Novel Stent Positioning Assistance System for Precise Positioning of Coronary Stents 