Baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics
| *Results per lesion. SVG, saphenous vein graft. | |
| Number of patients | 67 |
| Number of lesions | 68 |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 66 (10) |
| Male sex | 58 (86.6%) |
| Diabetes | 21 (31.3%) |
| Hypertension | 45 (67.2%) |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 53 (79.1%) |
| Smoking | 7 (10.4%) |
| Unstable angina | 28 (41.8%) |
| Prior acute myocardial infarction | 21 (31.3%) |
| Type of lesion* | |
| In-stent restenosis | 53 (77.9%) |
| De novo stenosis | 13 (19.1%) |
| Non-stented restenosis | 2 (3.0%) |
| Target lesion location* | |
| SVG on the obtuse marginal branch | 37 (54.4%) |
| SVG on the left anterior descending coronary artery | 14 (20.6%) |
| SVG on the right coronary artery | 11 (16.2%) |
| SVG on the diagonal branch | 6 (8.8%) |
| Lesion position in SVG* | |
| Body | 41 (60.3%) |
| Ostium | 21 (30.9%) |
| Distal anastomosis | 6 (8.8%) |