Table 3. FD-OCT imaging procedural data for target vessels.
Variables | Patients without spotty calcification (n=185) | Patients with spotty calcification (n=123) | P value |
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Number of imaged vessels | |||
Single vessel, n (%) | 140 (75.7) | 95 (77.2) | 0.85 |
Double vessel, n (%) | 35 (18.9) | 19 (15.4) | 0.78 |
Triple vessel, n (%) | 10 (5.4) | 8 (6.5) | 0.89 |
Averaged number of pullbacks | 2.1±0.5 | 2.3±0.4 | 0.80 |
Length of imaged vessels | |||
LAD (mm) | 85±14 | 82±11 | 0.62 |
LCX (mm) | 48±11 | 52±10 | 0.50 |
RCA (mm) | 90±21 | 88±18 | 0.75 |
FD-OCT, frequency-domain optical coherence tomography; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery.