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Table 2 Angiographic findings

From: New insights into fibrous cap thickness of vulnerable plaques assessed by optical coherence tomography

 

Group A

FCT ≤ 65 μm (n = 147)

Group B

65 < FCT ≤ 80 μm (n = 84)

Group C

FCT > 80 μm(n = 271)

P-value

Culprit vessel, n (%)

 Left anterior descending, n (%)

57 (38.8)

35 (41.7)

158 (58.3) #â–³

< 0.001

 Left circumflex, n (%)

28 (19.0)

20 (23.8)

38 (14.0) #

0.088

 Right coronary artery, n (%)

62 (42.2)

29 (34.5)

75 (27.7) â–³

0.010

QCA findings

 MLD, mm

0.96 ± 0.63

1.15 ± 0.91

1.26 ± 0.90 △

0.002

 RLD, mm

7.35 ± 4.41

7.85 ± 3.07

7.07 ± 2.73

0.527

 DS, %

84.5 ± 9.2

82.8 ± 13.7

79.4 ± 10.4 △

0.038

 Lesion length, mm

24.6 ± 8.0

23.5 ± 7.9

23.6 ± 8.7

0.416

  1. MLD minimal lumen diameter, mm, RLD reference lumen diameter, mm, DS diameter stenosis
  2. #significance between 65 < FCT ≤ 80 μm group and FCT>80 μm group; △significance between FCT ≤ 65 μm group and FCT>80 μm group. Values are n(%)