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Table 1 Baseline clinical parameters

From: Re-endothelialisation after Synergy stent and Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in acute myocardial infarction: COVER-AMI study

 

Absorb (n = 10)

Synergy (n = 10)

p

N (%)

N (%)

Age (years)

56.5 ± 13.6a

61.4 ± 9.0

0.350

Male

9 (90.0)

7 (70.0)

0.582

Treatment for hypertension

3 (30.0)

3 (30.0)

1.000

Treatment for hypercholesterolemia

2 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

0.474

Diabetes mellitus

1 (10.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

Current smoking

5 (50.0)

4 (40.0)

1.000

MDRD clearance < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2

1 (10.0)

1 (10.0)

1.000

Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7 mmol/l

3 (30.0)

8 (80.0)

0.070

LVEF (%)

52.5 ± 7.9

52.9 ± 10.3

0.923

LAD significant lesion (> 50%)

9 (90.0)

7 (70.0)

0.582

Cx significant lesion (> 50%)

5 (50.0)

1 (10.0)

0.141

RCA significant lesion (> 50%)

5 (50.0)

8 (80.0)

0.350

> 1-vessel disease

8 (80.0)

6 (60.0)

0.628

  1. Cx circumflex artery, LAD left anterior descending, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, RCA right coronary artery
  2. aMean ± standard deviation. t test used for comparisons