Preliminary Evaluation of Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes with Biodegradable Polymer Coated Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: Results of the MANIPAL-FLEX Study

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics for the entire population () and for patients undergoing examination by quantitative coronary angiography () at 9 months.

Variables
Age, (mean ± SD, years)
Male, (%)	136 (72.0%)	49 (80.3%)
Cardiovascular risk
Diabetes mellitus, (%)	58 (30.7%)	13 (21.3%)
Hypertensive, (%)	97 (51.3%)	26 (42.6%)
Hypercholesterolemia, (%)	61 (32.3%)	18 (29.5%)
Current smoker, (%)	45 (23.8%)	11 (18.0%)
Family history of CAD, (%)	12 (6.3%)	4 (6.6%)
Previous MI, (%)	13 (6.9%)	4 (6.6%)
Previous PCI, (%)	17 (9.0%)	5 (8.2%)
Clinical presentation
Stable angina, (%)	8 (4.2%)	5 (8.2%)
Unstable angina, (%)	18 (9.5%)	16 (26.2%)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction, (%)	58 (30.7%)	18 (29.5%)
Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, (%)	105 (55.6%)	22 (36.1%)

CAD = coronary artery disease; MI = myocardial infarction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.