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 4
Comparison of CAG follow-up data.
Parameters
2-DES group (n = 23)
DES + DCB group (n = 26)
value
Left main stem
MLD (mm, M (P25, P75))
3.31 (2.88, 3.59)
3.23 (3.06, 3.37)
0.530
Luminal stenosis (%, M (P25, P75))
14.46 (13.27, 19.46)
13.66 (9.58, 19.73)
0.392
LLL [mm, M (P25, P75)]
0.17 (0.10, 0.29)
0.09 (0.03, 0.22)
0.037
Left anterior descending
MLD [mm, M (P25, P75)]
2.88 (2.51, 3, 13)
2.88 (2.62, 3.08)
0.861
Luminal stenosis [%, M (P25, P75)]
12.57 (10.60, 17.77)
12.70 (9.83, 20.68)
0.812
LLL [mm, M (P25, P75)]
0.16 (0.09, 0.26)
0.16 (0.03, 0.34)
0.385
Left circumflex
MLD [mm, M (P25, P75)]
1.80 (1.14, 2.54)
2.41 (2.02, 2.54)
0.031
Luminal stenosis [%, M (P25, P75)]
32.09 (18.85, 62.62)
16.71 (9.60, 22.47)
0.002
LLL [mm, M (P25, P75)]
0.43 (0.21, 1.59)
-0.17 (-0.31, 0.08)
<0.001
Restenosis [case (%)]
Left main stem
1 (4.3)
2 (7.7)
1.000
Left anterior descending branch
1 (4.3)
2 (7.7)
1.000
Left circumflex
7 (30.4)
2 (7.7)
0.093
Comparing two data sets using the continuity corrected chi-square test. MLD, minimal luminal diameter; LLL, late lumen loss.