Improved Outcomes of Combined Main Branch Stenting and Side Branch Drug-Coated Balloon versus Two-Stent Strategy in Patients with Left Main Bifurcation Lesions
Table 1
Baseline patient characteristics.
Characteristics
2-DES group (n = 50)
DES + DCB group (n = 50)
value
Male [case (%)]
36 (72.0)
38 (76.0)
0.648
Age (years, mean ± SD)
64.74 ± 9.20
61.76 ± 11.17
0.149
Diagnosis [case (%)]
Unstable angina
38 (76.0)
33 (66.0)
0.271
Stable angina
12 (24.0)
17 (34.0)
With hypertension [case (%)]
18 (36.0)
26 (52.0)
0.107
With diabetes [case (%)]
17 (34.0)
10 (20.0)
0.115
With hyperlipidemia [case (%)]
5 (10.0)
2 (4.0)
0.433
Smoking history [case (%)]
20 (40.0)
25 (50.0)
0.315
MI history [case (%)]
5 (10.0)
3 (6.0)
0.712
PCI history [case (%)]
7 (14.0)
10 (20.0)
0.424
LVEF [%, M (P25,P75)]
62.50 (58.75, 64.00)
62.00 (60.00, 64.00)
0.519
Comparing two data sets using the continuity corrected chi-square test. LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.
