Table 3

 Clinical outcome at the 30 day and one year follow up according to intention to treat and actual treatment analysis

Intention to treat*RR (95% CI)Actual treatment*RR (95% CI)
Stent (n = 849)Balloon (n = 834)Stent (n = 785)Balloon (n = 763)
*All comparisons (stent versus balloon groups) not significant.
CI, confidence interval; MACE, major adverse cardiac events (death, reinfarction, or target vessel revascularisation (TVR)); ReMI, recurrent myocardial infarction; RR, relative risk; SAT, subacute thrombosis.
30 days
Death4.2%4.8%0.86 (0.54 to 1.35)3.2%4.5%0.71 (0.41 to 1.23)
ReMI5.9%4.4%1.37 (0.89 to 2.13)5.1%3.9%1.6 (0.87 to 2.92)
Death/ReMI9.2%8.5%1.09 (0.78 to 1.52)7.5%7.7%0.99 (0.66 to 1.55)
SAT3.4%2.2%1.6 (0.88 to 2.91)3.7%2.4%1.6 (0.88 to 2.91)
TVR9.1%8.4%1.09 (0.78 to 1.53)6.4%6.0%1.21 (0.73 to 1.94)
MACE13%13.4%0.96 (0.72 to 1.27)9.2%10.7%0.88 (0.61 to 1.28)
1 year
Death7.1%6.6%1.12 (0.76 to 1.66)6.0%5.9%1.03 (0.68 to 1.59)
ReMI8.4%6.8%1.33 (0.9 to 1.96)7.8%6.4%1.32 (0.86 to 2.03)
Death/ReMI14.0%12.4%1.21 (0.91 to 1.62)12.4%11.3%1.16 (0.84 to 1.59)
SAT4.5%3.0%1.52 (0.91 to 2.53)4.8%3.3%1.53 (0.9 to 2.52)
TVR19.6%20.7%0.98 (0.78 to 1.22)17.3%19.3%0.89 (0.7 to 1.15)
MACE26.3%27.6%0.99 (0.81 to 1.21)23.1%25.3%0.92 (0.74 to 1.14)