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. 2016 Jul 5;106(1):18–27. doi: 10.1007/s00392-016-1019-4

Table 4.

Analysis of local dissections of the treated vessel segment post-procedural and at 6-month invasive f/u with angiography and OCT (N = 45 lesions with sufficient OCT imaging quality and matching angiography)

Dissection assessment by OCT at f/u Angiography after PCI Angiography at f/u
No dissection (N = 19) Type A dissection (N = 19) Type B dissection (N = 7) All dissections (N = 26) No dissection (N = 41) Type A dissection (N = 4)
Dissections present at f/u 8 (42 %) 10 (53 %) 2 (29 %) 12 (46 %) 18 (42 %) 2 (50 %)
Total dissection length (mm) 0.2 ± 0.42 0.17 ± 0.32 0.17 ± 0.37 0.17 ± 0.2 0.19 ± 0.37 0.07 ± 0.11
Total dissection volume (mm3) 0.04 ± 0.08 0.03 ± 0.07 0.21 ± 0.49 0.06 ± 0.18 0.07 ± 0.22 0.01 ± 0.03
Total luminal surface area (mm2) 1.57 ± 4.67 1.25 ± 4.22 0.5 ± 1.11 1.05 ± 3.64 1.36 ± 4.24 0.38 ± 0.67
Peak dissection depth (mm) 0.18 ± 0.33 0.24 ± 0.34 0.17 ± 0.32 0.22 ± 0.32 0.2 ± 0.32 0.16 ± 0.28

All values are given as mean ± SD

OCT optical coherence tomography, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention