Table 1

 Profile of patients in the radical study

LAD, left anterior descending artery; RCA, right coronary artery.
Mean age54.6 years
Femalesn = 50 (33%)
Patients with diabetesn = 27 (18%)
Single vesseln = 112 (80.6%)
Two vesseln = 25 (18%)
Three vesseln = 2 (1.4%)
Lesion type
    A28.8%
    B134.6%
    B28.8%
    C27.5%
Vessel diameter2.25 mm–4 mm
Mean number of stents per patient2.1
Mean length of stent per patient34 mm
Mean fluoroscopy time13.6 minutes
Mean procedure time58.8 minutes
Mean contrast volume240 ml
Direct stent63%
Abciximab use75%
Vessel treated
    LADn = 59
    Diagonaln = 4
    Circumflexn = 27
    Marginaln = 11
    RCAn = 64
    Vein graftn = 2