Table 2

Lesion and procedural characteristics

VariablesPatients (n=995)/ lesions (n=1242)
Target vessel location
 Left main artery, n (%)11 (0.9)
 Left anterior descending artery, n (%)580 (46.7)
 Right coronary artery, n (%)364 (29.3)
 Left circumflex artery, n (%)286 (23.0)
 Saphenous vein graft, n (%)1 (0.1)
Lesion classification (ACC/AHA score)
 Type A, n (%)76 (6.1)
 Type B1, n (%)197 (15.9)
 Type B2, n (%)258 (20.8)
 Type C, n (%)711 (57.2)
Total no. of stents, n1398
No. of stents per patient, (mean±SD)1.4±0.7
No. of stents per lesion, (mean±SD)1.1±0.4
Average stent length (mm), (mean±SD)26.6±9.3
Average stent diameter (mm), (mean±SD)3.1±0.4
Total occlusion, n (%)185 (14.9)
Chronic total occlusion, n (%)113 (9.1)
Stent size descriptionTotal no. of stents
n=1398
Stent length (mm)
 82 (0.1)
 12103 (7.4)
 16212 (15.2)
 20225 (16.1)
 24178 (12.7)
 28151 (10.8)
 32145 (10.4)
 3695 (6.8)
 40287 (20.5)
Stent diameter (mm)
 2.003 (0.2)
 2.259 (0.6)
 2.50191 (13.7)
 2.75247 (17.7)
 3.00469 (33.5)
 3.50422 (30.2)
 4.0057 (4.1)
  • ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.