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. 2024 Aug 19;11(8):843. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11080843

Table 3.

Comparison of IVOCT plaque features between CV death and no-CV death groups.

Features CV Death (n = 24) No-CV Death (n = 80) p-Value
Lesion length (mm) 37.15 ± 14.15 28.56 ± 11.51 0.02
Maximum calcium angle (°) 245.19 ± 83.08 162.60 ± 71.08 0.0004
Minimum calcium angle (°) 20.31 ± 12.22 15.86 ± 5.24 0.06
Maximum calcium thickness (mm) 1.52 ± 0.24 1.24 ± 0.29 0.0007
Minimum calcium thickness (mm) 0.30 ± 0.10 0.27 ± 0.06 0.28
Maximum calcium depth (mm) 0.52 ± 0.18 0.50 ± 0.19 0.81
Minimum calcium depth (mm) 0.008 ± 0.010 0.014 ± 0.014 0.22
Minimum lumen area (mm2) 2.03 ± 1.04 2.07 ± 1.25 0.91
Average lumen area (mm2) 5.60 ± 2.37 5.87 ± 2.60 0.72
Minimum lumen diameter (mm) 0.96 ± 0.28 1.00 ± 0.37 0.75
Average lumen diameter (mm) 2.57 ± 0.56 2.62 ± 0.56 0.75
Maximum FC angle (°) 142.00 ± 51.21 61.40 ± 53.63 0.000003
Minimum FC angle (°) 29.81 ± 11.75 28.29 ± 27.06 0.83
Minimum FC thickness (mm) 0.0228 ± 0.0095 0.0409 ± 0.0567 0.21
Maximum FC area-1 (mm2) 0.48 ± 0.29 0.14 ± 0.21 0.000006
Maximum FC area-2 (mm2) 1.73 ± 0.75 0.62 ± 0.67 0.000001
Maximum FC area-3 (mm2) 1.38 ± 0.64 0.60 ± 0.65 0.0001
Maximum FC area-T (mm2) 3.60 ± 1.30 1.35 ± 1.23 0.00000009
FC Surface area-1 (mm2) 0.51 ± 0.49 0.07 ± 0.13 0.000002
FC Surface area-2 (mm2) 5.36 ± 5.53 0.72 ± 1.08 0.000002
FC Surface area-3 (mm2) 3.77 ± 3.76 0.58 ± 1.09 0.000006
FC Surface area-T (mm2) 9.63 ± 8.73 1.37 ± 1.81 0.0000002
FC burden-1 42.30 ± 42.10 5.56 ± 9.81 0.000002
FC burden-2 496.35 ± 796.34 53.59 ± 78.55 0.0007
FC burden-3 369.09 ± 570.24 40.31 ± 63.43 0.0004
FC burden-T 907.75 ± 1368.83 99.46 ± 121.49 0.0003
Microchannel 9 (37.5%) 11 (13.8%) 0.01
Macrophage Infiltration 21 (87.5%) 50 (62.5%) 0.02
Cholesterol Crystal 17 (70.8%) 12 (15.0%) 0.0000001
Layered Plaque 8 (33.3%) 3 (3.8%) 0.00004
Calcium Nodule 8 (33.3%) 8 (10.0%) 0.005