Table 1.

Study Design, Patient Characteristics, and Outcomes of the Major Studies Investigating Robotic Interventions.

Granada et al. PRECISE Trial CORA PCI RAPID
Author (reference) Granada et al.21 Weisz et al.22 Mahmud et al.30 Mahmud et al.38
Study design Prospective, single-arm, single-center, open-label, non-randomized Prospective, single-arm, multi-center, open-label, non-randomized Prospective, comparative, single-center, open-label, non-randomized Prospective, single-arm, single-center, open-label, non-randomized
Lesion Location Coronary Coronary Coronary Peripheral
n 8 164 108 20
Lesions, n 8 164 157 29
Clinical success, % 100 97.6 98.8 100
Technical success, % 97.9 98.8 91.7 100
Type A/B1 lesions, n (%) 8 (100) 112 (68) 35 (22)
Type B2/C lesions, n (%) 0 (0) 52 (32) 122 (78)
In-hospital MACE*, n (%) 0 (0) 4 (4.2) 6 (5.6) 0 (0)
Radiation reduction (operator), % 97 95.2
Lesion length, mm 11.4 12.2±4.8 22.2±10.6 33.1±15.5
Mean diameter stenosis, % 63.1±15 64.1±10.9 84.9±9.2 85.5±11.0
*Using universal definition of myocardial infarction.
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2017 July; 8(3): e0030. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2017 April 26. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10291