Table 3. Comparisons of Epicardial Coronary Diameter and Coronary Blood Flow at Baseline, Their Responses to ACh and SNP, and IVUS Parameters between Patients with and without TAV Progression in the Infarct-related Coronary Arteries.

	TAV progression
	With (n = 14)	Without (n = 36)	p-value
Responses to ACh (%)
Coronary diameter at the 1st test	−0.9 ± 12.5	0.6 ± 11.0	0.68
Coronary diameter at the 2nd test	2.3 ± 15.6	15.6 ± 12.4*	< 0.01
Coronary flow at the 1st test	93 ± 100	87 ± 71	0.80
Coronary flow at the 2nd test	114 ± 94	212 ± 129*	0.01
Responses to SNP (%)
Coronary diameter at the 1st test	12.9 ± 5.2	15.8 ± 9.7	0.31
Coronary diameter at the 2nd test	19.0 ± 15.8	19.2 ± 12.3	0.97
Coronary flow at the 1st test	104 ± 69	142 ± 119	0.17
Coronary flow at the 2nd test	133 ± 85	171 ± 118	0.28
Baseline measurements before ACh injection
Coronary diameter at the 1st test (mm)	1.6 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.3	0.51
Coronary diameter at the 2nd test (mm)	1.6 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.4	0.41
Coronary flow at the 1st test (mL/min)	22 ± 8	23 ± 10	0.91
Coronary flow at the 2nd test (mL/min)	20 ± 10	24 ± 12	0.39
IVUS measurements
Vessel volume at the 1st test (mm3)	27.0 ± 20.6	33.9 ± 10.0	0.10
Vessel volume at the 2nd test (mm3)	28.6 ± 20.0	30.1 ± 10.5	0.69
Lumen volume at the 1st test (mm3)	17.2 ± 14.0	19.1 ± 6.1	0.52
Lumen volume at the 2nd test (mm3)	17.7 ± 13.4	18.3 ± 6.8	0.88
TAV at the 1st test (mm3)	10.1 ± 8.4	14.9 ± 7.7	0.06
TAV at the 2nd test (mm3)	11.3 ± 8.5*	11.8 ± 6.5*	0.82

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D.

^*p < 0.05 vs. the respective value at the 1^st test.

Other abbreviations are the same as in Tables 1 and 2.