Stent characteristics
| Stent length (mm) (mean (SD)) | 32.7 (19) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balloon size (mm) (mean (SD)) | 3.6 (0.8) | |||||
| Number of implanted stents (mean (SD)) | 1.6 (0.9) | |||||
| Multivessel stenting (n) | 58 (5.8%) | |||||
| Target vessel | LAD | LCX | RCA | Left main | SVG | Total |
| Type of stent (n (%)) | ||||||
| Palmaz-Schatz2-150 | 288 (41) | 76 (32) | 107 (24) | 2 (33) | 20 (12) | 493 (32) |
| Wall stent2-151 | 82 (12) | 28 (12) | 129 (29) | 0 (0) | 139 (82) | 378 (24) |
| NIR2-152 | 160 (23) | 51 (22) | 69 (15) | 2 (33) | 6(4) | 288 (18) |
| AVE2-153 | 47 (7) | 20 (9) | 47 (11) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 117 (8) |
| Other stent types2-154 | 125 (18) | 60 (26) | 95 (6) | 2 (33) | 2 (1) | 284 (18) |
↵2-150 Cordis, Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems;
↵2-151 Schneider Europe;
↵2-152 Medinol Boston Scientific Corp;
↵2-153 Arterial Vascular Engineering.
↵2-154 Other stent types used were ACS Multilink Guidant (n = 63), Bestent Medtronic (n = 58), Gianturco-Roubin Cook (n = 63), Cordis (n = 43), Wiktor Medtronic (n = 26), Radius Scimed Boston Scientific Corp (n = 9), Crown Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems (n = 9), ACT-one Progressive Angioplasty Systems Inc (n = 6), and Freedom Global Therapeutics (n = 5).
LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery; SVG, saphenous bypass graft.