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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2013 Dec;4(4):10.1007/s13239-013-0165-3. doi: 10.1007/s13239-013-0165-3

Table 3.

Tallies of nearby branching (within 2.5 diameters) at sites of plaque erosion and plaque rupture.

Lesion Type Upstream Branch Branch at Site Downstream Branch Total
Erosion (autopsy heart) 8 (61.5%) 0 (0%) 3 (23.1%) 13
Erosion (cath lab) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (33.3%) 3
Rupture (autopsy heart) 1 (16.7%) 2 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%) 6