Baseline clinical and procedural characteristics
| Clinical characteristics (n = 73 patients) | |
| Demographics | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 62 (10) |
| Male (%) | 57 (78.1) |
| HT (%) | 44 (60.3) |
| DM (%) | 14 (19.2) |
| Dyslipidaemia (%) | 46 (63) |
| Smoker (%) | 22 (30.1) |
| Family history (%) | 25 (34.2) |
| Cardiac history | |
| Previous MI (%) | 28 (38.4) |
| Previous CABG (%) | 2 (2.7) |
| Previous PCI (%) | 27 (37) |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Stable angina (%) | 41 (56.2) |
| Unstable angina (%) | 22 (30.1) |
| STEMI (%) | 10 (13.7) |
| Procedural characteristics (n = 80 vessels) | |
| Vessel | |
| LAD (%) | 41 (51.3) |
| LCX (%) | 12 (15) |
| RCA (%) | 27 (33.8) |
| Stent type | |
| BMS (%) | 14 (17.5) |
| Paclitaxel-eluting stent (%) | 5 (6.3) |
| Sirolimus-eluting stent (%) | 4 (5) |
| Everolimus-eluting stent (%) | 44 (55) |
| Zotarolimus-eluting stent (%) | 12 (15) |
| Tacrolimus-eluting stent (%) | 1 (1.3) |
| Other data | |
| Number of stents, mean (SD) | 1.6 (0.8) |
| Stent diameter, mean (SD) | 3.0 (0.4) |
| Stent length, mean (SD) | 33 (17) |
| Implantation pressure, mean (SD) | 16.8 (3) |
| Predilatation | 39 (48.8) |
| Postdilatation | 34 (42.5) |
| Rotational atherectomy | 1 (1.3) |
| Thrombectomy | 5 (6.3) |
Results are shown as number (%) unless stated otherwise.
BMS, bare metal stent; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; DM, diabetes mellitus; HT, hypertension; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction.