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 3

Immediate procedural results.

	Gr A (𝑁=32)		Gr B (𝑁=87)		𝑃 value
Postprocedural results
Reference vessel diameter	5.02±0.68 mm		5.15±0.56 mm		0.29
Minimal lumen diameter	4.08±0.80 mm		4.58±0.57 mm		0.0002
Degree of stenosis (%)	18±10		11±6		0.0001
Adjuvant stent implantation
Mean stent length	12.25±6.83 cm		17.34±7.76 cm		0.0014
Mean stent numbers per leg	0.75±0.68 (24/32)		1.60±0.73 (139/87)		<0.0001
Stent type
Single stent	16/32	(50%)	44/87	(51%)	<0.0001
Overlapping stent	4/32	(13%)	43/87	(49%)
Without stenting	12/32	(37%)	0	(0%)
Complications
Perforation	1		0		0.27
Distal embolization	2	(6%)	1	(1%)	0.18
Major dissection	2	(6%)	40	(46%)	<0.001
Minor dissection	4	(13%)	27	(31%)	0.031
ABI after EVI	0.92±0.09		0.92±0.15		1.00
CRP after EVI (mg/dL)	4.69±2.41		3.14±4.15		0.049
Change of CRP levels (mg/dL)	2.98±0.97		0.60±0.72		<0.001

ABI: ankle brachial pressure index; CRP: C-reactive protein; EVI: endovascular intervention.