Table 6.

Comparison of VH-IVUS data between the new lesion plaque at 9–12 months after PCI and the angiographical non-stenotic lesion plaque of his own pre-first PCI in the high apo-C3 group (n = 5).

	Non-stenotic lesion plaque pre-first PCI	New lesion plaque after PCI	P
%Plaque burden	59.0 ± 3.4	67.2 ± 4.0	0.0362*
%FI	65.4 ± 1.7	56.4 ± 2.3	0.0819
%FF	17.7 ± 3.0	14.7 ± 2.2	0.4678
%NC	14.4 ± 1.1	20.6 ± 1.9	0.0236*
%DC	2.7 ± 0.5	8.3 ± 2.1	0.0628

Values are presented as mean ± standard errors. *P < 0.05 by paired t-test. Five new lesions in the high apo-C3 group could be estimated by VH-IVUS before PCI at 9–12 months after first PCI. VH-IVUS, virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound; %FI percentage of the FI volume in the plaque volume; %FF percentage of the FF volume in the plaque volume; %NC percentage of NC volume in the plaque volume ; %DC percentage of the DC volume in the plaque volume; high apo-C3, patients with apo-C3 > 8.5 mg/dL.