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. 2021 Jun 30;35:100831. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100831

Table 2.

Coronary computed tomography angiography and echocardiographic characteristics in the total study population and in patients with and without myocardial ischemia.

Total (n = 125) Ischemia (n = 66) No ischemia (n = 59) p
Coronary computed tomography angiography
Total plaque volume (mm3) 805 ± 251 847 ± 245 758 ± 251 0.049
Total non-calcified plaque volume (mm3) 749 ± 233 788 ± 228 706 ± 233 0.049
Total low-attenuation plaque volume (mm3)* 10 (6, 17) 10 (7, 15) 11 (6, 20) 0.205
Total calcified plaque volume (mm3)* 27 (9, 63) 28 (10, 57) 23 (9, 66) 0.739
Total vessel volume (mm3) 2609 ± 849 2644 ± 762 2570 ± 942 0.630
Total lumen volume (mm3) 1804 ± 704 1797 ± 619 1812 ± 794 0.907
Total coronary artery length (mm) 250 ± 59 253 ± 57 246 ± 62 0.544
Calcium score* 43 (16, 106) 46 (16, 125) 38 (13, 83) 0.333
Segment involvement score 2.6 ± 1.6 2.8 ± 1.8 2.4 ± 1.3 0.178
Remodelling index 1.06 ± 0.14 1.07 ± 0.14 1.06 ± 0.15 0.702
Positive remodelling 45 (36%) 26 (39%) 19 (32%) 0.403



Localization of non-obstructive coronary artery disease
Left main stem 14 (11%) 10 (15%) 4 (7%) 0.140
Left anterior descending artery 108 (86%) 58 (88%) 50 (85%) 0.606
Left circumflex artery 42 (34%) 29 (44%) 13 (22%) 0.009
Right coronary artery 47 (38%) 25 (38%) 22 (37%) 0.958



Echocardiography
Left ventricular internal diastolic dimension (mm) 45 ± 5 45 ± 6 45 ± 5 0.933
Left ventricular internal systolic dimension (mm) 29 ± 5 29 ± 5 29 ± 5 0.959
Septal thickness (mm) 12 ± 2 12 ± 2 11 ± 2 0.005
Posterior wall thickness (mm) 9 ± 2 9 ± 2 9 ± 2 0.319
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 62 ± 7 63 ± 7 60 ± 7 0.042
Left ventricular mass index (g/m2.7) 39.8 ± 9.4 42.1 ± 9.9 37.3 ± 8.0 0.004
Relative wall thickness 0.42 ± 0.11 0.43 ± 0.12 0.41 ± 0.10 0.471

*Median and interquartile range.