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Table 2 Baseline lesion and procedure characteristics

From: Repeat drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal lesions: 12-month results from a retrospective observational study

 

Before matching

Matched population

Repeat DCB

De novo DCB

p-value

Repeat DCB

De novo DCB

p-value

n = 64

n = 673

n = 49

n = 49

Right leg

50% (32)

49% (333)

0.937

47% (23)

49% (24)

0.842

Chronic limb-threatening ischemia

47% (29)

37% (245)

0.095

48% (23)

45% (22)

0.766

Rutherford classification

3.6 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 1.1

0.349

3.6 ± 1.0

3.7 ± 1.3

0.598

Preoperative ankle brachial index

0.71 ± 0.29

0.65 ± 0.30

0.115

0.72 ± 0.25

0.66 ± 0.27

0.256

Postoperative ankle brachial index

0.93 ± 0.17

0.94 ± 0.18

0.548

0.93 ± 0.19

0.93 ± 0.13

0.924

Distal reference vessel diameter (mm)

4.2 ± 1.0

4.6 ± 1.1

0.013

4.1 ± 1.0

4.1 ± 1.0

0.957

Lesion length (mm)

174.9 ± 99.4

187.3 ± 109.5

0.387

170.3 ± 101.2

183.9 ± 124.4

0.556

Preoperative stenosis (%)

90.7 ± 9.7

92.2 ± 9.1

0.214

91.6 ± 9.5

92.0 ± 9.6

0.858

Postoperative stenosis (%)

5.9 ± 12.4

8.6 ± 14.3

0.102

6.6 ± 13.3

4.1 ± 9.3

0.274

Chronic total occlusion

29% (18)

28% (186)

0.874

31% (15)

29% (14)

0.773

    Occlusion length (mm)

35.4 ± 72.4

41.2 ± 83.3

0.605

34.0 ± 70.2

37.6 ± 81.2

0.824

Lesion morphology type

      

Focal/Tandem/Diffuse

10%/12%/78%

16%/9%/74%

0.415

12%/17%/71%

28%/12%/60%

0.433

Stenosis (Focal/Tandem/Diffuse)

71% (10%/7%/54%)

72% (15%/9%/48%)

0.874

69% (12%/8%/49%)

71% (21%/8%/42%)

0.773

Occlusion (Focal/Tandem/Diffuse)

29% (0%/5%/24%)

28% (1%/3%/24%)

0.874

31% (0%/9%/22%)

29% (7%/4%/18%)

0.773

TASC II A/B/C/D

17%/21%/52%/9%

20%/20%/50%/9%

0.968

19%/19%/54%/8%

27%/17%/46%/10%

0.755

Calcification graded according to the PACSS grade 1/2/3/4

3%/5%/23%/43%

11%/4%/17%/40%

0.214

6%/9%/29%/57%

15%/4%/22%/59%

0.566

Below-the-knee poor-runoff ≤1

47% (29)

37% (245)

0.137

45% (22)

31% (15)

0.166

Drug-coating balloon number

1.4 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.5

0.907

1.4 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.5

0.679

    diameter (mm)

5.6 ± 0.6

5.5 ± 0.6

0.295

5.6 ± 0.6

5.3 ± 0.7

0.093

    length (mm)

190.3 ± 91.9

206.2 ± 114.1

0.203

186.9 ± 94.9

191.4 ± 118.2

0.836

Scoring balloon use

57% (32)

42% (271)

0.025

63% (31)

61% (30)

0.835

Intravascular ultrasound use

30% (19)

24% (164)

0.357

31% (15)

18% (9)

0.159

  1. Data are presented as percentages (numbers) or means±standard deviations, unless otherwise specified
  2. DCB drug-coated balloon, PACSS Peripheral Artery Calcium Scoring System, TASC Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus