Table 2 Vessel characteristics
From: Coronary aspirate TNFα reflects saphenous vein bypass graft restenosis risk in diabetic patients
With DM | Without DM | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
saphenous vein bypass graft | |||
graft-age [years] | 9±2 | 12±1 | 0.1 |
target vessels | |||
left anterior descending coronary | |||
artery | 5 | 6 | 1.0 |
left circumflex coronary artery | 9 | 9 | 1.0 |
right coronary artery | 6 | 5 | 1.0 |
lesion site | |||
ostial | 5 | 3 | 0.7 |
proximal | 11 | 13 | 0.7 |
distal | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
lesion with thrombus | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
quantitative coronary angiography | |||
stenosis diameter [%] | 57±2 | 57±3 | 0.9 |
IVUS-analysis | |||
MLA [mm2] | 3.8±0.3 | 3.8±0.3 | 0.9 |
RLA [mm2] | 10.2±0.9 | 10.6±1.0 | 0.8 |
plaque burden [%] | 69.4±2.2 | 70.5±2.3 | 0.7 |
stent | |||
stent diameter [mm] | 3.7±0.1 | 3.7±0.1 | 0.6 |
stent length [mm] | 20.4±1.1 | 23.1±1.3 | 0.1 |
maximal balloon deployment pressure | |||
pressure [atm] | 20.2±0.8 | 19.3±0.8 | 0.4 |