Table 3: Angiographic, lesions and stents characteristics


Multi-vessels disease 32 (84%)
Left main- site involved ostial 26 (68%)
body 1 (3%)
distal 3 (8%)
whole length 8 (21%)
1st stent DES use 100%
mean size (mm) 3.55 ± 0.28
mean length (mm) 15.5 ± 6.2
2nd stent BMS/DES use 34 (89%)/4 (11%)
mean size (mm) 4.25 ± 0.43
mean length (mm) 11.8 ± 3.7
2nd stent larger than 1st stent by 0.5-1.5mm 35 (92%)
Equal size 3 (8%)
>0.5mm 21 (55%)
>1mm 10 (26%)
>1.5mm 4 (11%)

BMS: Bare-Metal Stent, DES: Drug-Eluting Stent, mm: Millimeter