Comparison of Immediate and 2-Year Outcomes between Excimer Laser-Assisted Angioplasty with Spot Stent and Primary Stenting in Intermediate to Long Femoropopliteal Disease

Table 1

Baseline demographics.

	Gr A		Gr B		𝑃 value
Patient No.	29		76
Age	71±11		74±11		0.21
Gender: male	16	(55%)	35	(46%)	0.37
Underlying disease
Diabetes Mellitus	24	(83%)	65	(86%)	0.72
Hypertension	23	(79%)	66	(86%)	0.34
CAD/CVA	22	(75%)	52	(69%)	0.45
Chronic renal failure or dialysis dependence	20	(69%)	47	(62%)	0.49
CHF	3	(10%)	8	(11%)	1.0
Smoking	9	(31%)	22	(32%)	0.83
Hyperlipidemia	18	(62%)	46	(61%)	0.89
Treated limbs	𝑁=32		𝑁=87
Target limb ABI	0.46±0.13		0.47±0.16		0.75
CRP (mg/dL)	1.71±2.14		2.54±3.79		0.27
Clinical presentation
Intermittent claudication	12	(37%)	18	(21%)	0.06
Rest pain	8	(25%)	16	(18%)	0.43
Unhealing ulcer	8	(25%)	37	(43%)	0.08
Gangrene	4	(13%)	16	(18%)	0.45

ABI: ankle brachial pressure index; CAD: coronary artery disease; CRP: C-reactive protein; CVA: cerebrovascular accident; CHF: congestive heart failure.