Table 3. Coronary artery morphometric measurements compared between DES and BMS.
| Pretreatment | No pretreatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DES (n=15) | BMS (n=5) | p | DES (n=15) | BMS (n=5) | p | |
| IEL area (mm2) | 4.61 (4.09-5.21) | 4.77 (4.30-4.94) | 0.965 | 4.57 (4.28-4.77) | 4.49 (3.75-4.68) | 0.672 |
| Lumen area (mm2) | 2.77 (1.63-3.29) | 2.07 (1.52-2.56) | 0.306 | 1.90 (1.56-2.60) | 2.31 (2.06-2.83) | 0.445 |
| Neointima area (mm2) | 1.93 (1.53-3.58) | 2.69 (2.16-3.00) | 0.612 | 2.42 (1.75-3.35) | 1.89 (1.21-2.46) | 0.306 |
| Area stenosis (%) | 48.1 (31.8-69.9) | 56.8 (46.0-66.4) | 0.553 | 54.9 (34.3-68.5) | 44.8 (32.7-53.4) | 0.266 |
| Injury score | 1.30 (1.13-1.52) | 1.18 (1.00-1.34) | 0.219 | 1.18 (1.08-1.46) | 1.08 (1.02-1.16) | 0.056 |
| Fibrin score | 1.94 (1.64-2.00) | 1.07 (0.60-1.64) | 0.005 | 2.00 (1.57-2.00) | 0.44 (0.00-1.33) | 0.001 |
| Inflammation score | 1.08 (1.00-2.27) | 1.06 (1.03-1.15) | 0.759 | 1.35 (1.01-2.94) | 1.06 (1.01-1.13) | 0.349 |
DES: drug-eluting stent, BMS: bare-metal stent, IEL: internal elastic lamina