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Table 3 MR-Ratio scaffold measurement (n = 24)

From: The duration of balloon inflation affects the luminal diameter of coronary segments after bioresorbable vascular scaffolds deployment

QCA Variables

Deployment (MR-Ratio)

Long dilation (MR-Ratio)

Increase

p value

Minimal lumen diameter (mean; SD)

0.70 ± 0.10

0.79 ± 0.10

9 %

<0.001

Proximal MLD scaffold diameter (mean; SD)

0.80 ± 0.09

0.87 ± 0.11

7 %

<0.001

Central MLD scaffold diameter (mean; SD)

0.76 ± 0.12

0.83 ± 0.11

7 %

<0.001

Distal MLD scaffold diameter (mean; SD)

0.79 ± 0.08

0.84 ± 0.08

5 %

<0.001

Proximal edge (mean; SD)

0.88 ± 0.18

0.95 ± 0.16

7 %

<0.001

Distal edge (mean; SD)

0.80 ± 0.09

0.84 ± 0.11

4 %

<0.001

  1. MLD minimal luminal diameter, MR-Ratio = MLD-to-reference scaffold diameter Ratio; SD standard deviation