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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2013 Jan 27;95(2):389–396. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318273878c

Table 2.

Volumetric Assessment of Vascular Geometry and Progression of Allograft Vasculopathy During Follow-Up in patients with DSA II+ vs. DSA−

DSA II+ (n = 11) DSA− (n=34) P Value
Vessel Volume/Segment Length
Baseline (mm3/mm) 14.7±4 14.9±4 0.75#
2ND IVUS (mm3/mm) 14.2±5 15.7±4 0.48#
Absolute difference (mm3/mm) −0.51±3 +0.81±4 0.3*
Change in % −9.6±25 +1.3±3 0.2*
P-value 0.6 0.3
Plaque Volume/Segment Length
Baseline (mm3/mm) 3.6±1 4.8±2 0.2#
2 ND IVUS (mm3/mm) 4.0±2 4.9±2 0.25#
Absolute difference (mm3/mm) +0.51±1 +0.06±1 0.42*
Change in % +6.2±22 −5.4±24 0.5*
P-value 0.1 0.8
Plaque index
Baseline (mm3) 0.24±0.06 0.31±0.1 0.02#
2 ND IVUS (mm3) 0.27±0.07 0.31±0.11 0.40#
Absolute difference (mm3) +0.04±0.03 −0.003±0.07 0.05*
Change in % +13.8±12 −7.9±18 0.02*
P-value 0.01 0.8

SL: segment length; VV: vessel volume; LV: lumen volume; PV: plaque volume; PI: plaque index.

*

ANCOVA test; baseline value is a covariate.

Paired t test

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t test