Table 1 Inclusion criteria

Clinical inclusion criteria

Non-diabetic patients with a stable coronary artery disease, undergoing elective PCI with BMS

patients already on statin, at target cholesterol level (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <100 mg/dL)

Angiographic inclusion criteria

De novo non-complex lesions located in straight coronary segments

lesion length ≥10 mm and ≤25 mm

vessel size requiring a single stent with diameter between 3.0 and 3.5 mm