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 | |
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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