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. 2021 Apr 8;36(4):645–653. doi: 10.1007/s10557-021-07162-6

Table 2.

Anatomical and functional characteristics stratified by functional pattern of CAD

Focal (n=51) Serial lesions (n=20) Diffuse disease (n=15) Combination (n=34) p value
Location, no. (%)
LAD 26 (51) 15 (75) 7 (47) 22 (64)
LCx 12 (24) 3 (15) 3 (20) 6 (18) 0.5
RCA 13 (25) 2 (10) 5 (33) 6 (18)
Pre-PCI quantitative coronary analysis
RVD, mm 2.8 [2.5–3.3] 2.8 [2.3–3.2] 3 [2.4–3.5] 2.9 [2.5–3.4] 0.9
Diameter stenosis, % 60 [52–74] 63 [52–88] 62 [53–66] 57 [52–63] 0.6
Lesion length, mm 14 [9–18] 22 [20–26] 30 [28–37] 19 [15–25] <0.001
Pre-PCI quantitative flow ratio
QFR, units 0.76 [0.73–0.77] 0.71 [0.66–0.76] 0.75 [0.73–0.76] 0.72 [0.70–0.75] 0.004
ΔQFR vessel, units 0.25±0.05 0.28±0.05 0.23±0.08 0.27±0.05 0.01
Total vessel length, mm 65 [60–72] 65 [60–75] 67 [62–70] 68 [61–75] 0.8
Length with functional disease, mm 10 [5–15] 25 [25–30] 45 [30–55] 40 [33–60] <0.001
QVPindex, units 0.80±0.09 0.61±0.11 0.38±0.08 0.50±0.10 <0.001
Post-PCI quantitative coronary angiography
Diameter stenosis, % 10 [5–18] 10 [8–20] 12 [8–20] 10 [7–16] 0.9
Total stented length, mm 19 [16–23] 30 [23–37] 33 [28–40] 29 [23–35] <0.001
Post-PCI quantitative flow ratio
QFR, units 0.98 [0.95–1] 0.94 [0.91–0.96] 0.92 [0.89–0.94] 0.93 [0.87–0.96] <0.001
QFR value ≤0.89, no. (%) 4 (8) 3 (15) 5 (33) 10 (29) 0.03

LAD left anterior descending, LCx left circumflex, RCA right coronary artery, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, RVD reference vessel diameter, QFR quantitative flow ratio, ΔQFR delta QFR vessel, QVPindex QFR virtual pullback index