Table 2.
Summary of mean flow maximum shear stress (FMSS) values of ulcer, lipid core, calcification, wall, all nodes, and all non-ulcer nodes for the 12 plaque samples. P-values are for ulcer vs. non-ulcer comparisons. Unit: dyn/cm2.
| Case | Ulcer | Wall | Lipid | Ca | All Nodes | All Non- Ulcer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | # | mean | # | mean | # | mean | # | mean | # | mean | # | P-value | |
| P1 | 39.3 | 5 | 30.6 | 109 | 42.4 | 46 | 34.2 | 160 | 34.1 | 155 | 0.6848 | ||
| P2 | 54.7 | 89 | 8.7 | 260 | 2.5 | 10 | 1.0 | 16 | 17.3 | 416 | 7.1 | 327 | <0.0001 |
| P3 | 23.6 | 6 | 13.9 | 431 | 22.4 | 170 | 11.8 | 15 | 16.3 | 622 | 16.2 | 616 | <0.0001 |
| P4 | 49.0 | 27 | 12.8 | 425 | 6.5 | 181 | 7.2 | 30 | 11.3 | 764 | 9.9 | 737 | <0.0001 |
| P5 | 10.8 | 57 | 14.6 | 362 | 41.2 | 53 | 17.1 | 472 | 18.0 | 415 | <0.0001 | ||
| All 5 Rup |
38.9 | 184 | 14.0 | 1587 | 19.9 | 460 | 6.7 | 61 | 16.2 | 2434 | 14.4 | 2250 | |
| P6 | 7.3 | 229 | 8.2 | 110 | 7.5 | 350 | 7.5 | 350 | |||||
| P7 | 11.9 | 307 | 25.6 | 105 | 7.8 | 8 | 15.1 | 426 | 15.1 | 426 | |||
| P8 | 11.1 | 426 | 13.3 | 73 | 11.4 | 499 | 11.4 | 499 | |||||
| P9 | 11.4 | 448 | 9.0 | 83 | 11.0 | 531 | 11.0 | 531 | |||||
| P10 | 7.4 | 435 | 9.6 | 130 | 7.9 | 565 | 7.9 | 565 | |||||
| P11 | 59.4 | 1039 | 65.6 | 226 | 60.5 | 1265 | 60.5 | 1265 | |||||
| P12 | 15.0 | 288 | 19.0 | 60 | 15.7 | 348 | 15.7 | 348 | |||||
| 7 No Rup |
26.6 | 3172 | 28.6 | 787 | 7.8 | 8 | 26.9 | 3984 | 26.9 | 3984 | |||
| All 12 P |
38.9 | 184 | 22.4 | 4759 | 25.4 | 1247 | 6.8 | 69 | 22.8 | 6418 | 22.4 | 6234 | <0.0001 |