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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2020 Sep 3:10.1007/s00330-020-07142-8. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07142-8

Table 2.

Per-vessel plaque features in relation to revascularization in all vessels, and in the subgroup with measured FFR.

Total Population Revascularization No Revascularization p-value
Total Vessels 1056 271 (26%) 785 (74%)
Significant Diameter Stenosis > 70% 135 (12.8%) 84 (31%) 51 (6.5%) <0.0001
Machine-Learning Ischemia Risk Score 18.7% (6.4-34.8) 33.6% (21.1-55.0) 13.0% (4.5-28.1) <0.0001
Total Plaque Burden 47.8% (36.1-56.4) 54.5% (47.2-60.7) 44.9% (38.0-54.3) <0.0001
Non-Calcified Plaque Burden 44.4% (33.1-52.3) 49.6% (42.7-57.6) 42.0% (24.8-50.7) <0.0001
Low-Density Non-Calcified Plaque Burden 5.6% (2.1-8.8) 7.9% (5.3-10.7) 4.3% (0.8-7.9) <0.0001
Calcified Plaque Burden 1.5% (0-4.1) 2.8% (0.7-5.3) 1.1% (0-3.4) <0.0001
Contrast Density Difference 18.5 (5.2-29.8) 27.1 (18.9-37.0) 14.1 (0-25.6) <0.0001
Vessels with FFR 83 (7.9%) 41 (49.4%) 42 (50.6%)
Significant Diameter Stenosis > 70% 15 (18%) 9 (10.8%) 6 (7.2%) 0.364
Average FFR 0.80±0.10 0.74±0.08 0.85±0.07 <0.0001
Machine-Learning Ischemia Risk Score 31.4% (18.7-48) 36.0% (25.5-50.7) 21.5% (14.9-43.2) 0.006
Total Plaque Burden 52.4% (47.0-58.2) 54.1% (47.6-59.2) 50.3% (46.2-58.2) 0.420
Non-Calcified Plaque Burden 48.2% (41.6-55.2) 49.2% (41.0-55.4) 47.2% (43.7-54.8) 0.800
Low-Density Non-Calcified Plaque Burden 7.2% (4.3-9.8) 7.9% (5.8-10.4) 6.4% (3.6-8.5) 0.070
Calcified Plaque Burden 2.4% (0.9-6.1) 2.9% (1.8-6.2) 2.1% (0.6-5.7) 0.140
Contrast Density Difference 24.0 (16.5-33.7) 26.2 (21.1-37.7) 21.6 (10.6-32.4) 0.016
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Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation, frequency (percent), or median (interquartile range). FFR: Fractional flow reserve.