Table 4.
Clinical parameters are compared between patients with and without totally diagnostic CCTA scans to examine a potential influence on total CCTA scan assessability.
| Assessability at High-Pitch | Assessability Sequential and Low-Pitch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Segments Assessable (n = 34; 69%) | ≥1 Segment Not Assessable (n = 15; 31%) | p-Value | All Segments Assessable (n = 35; 81%) | ≥1 Segment Not Assessable (n = 8; 19%) | p-Value | |
| BMI [kg/m2] (mean ± SD |
25.3 ± 2.4 | 26.7 ± 8.2 | 0.402 | 26.2 ± 5.7 | 33.6 ± 7.4 | 0.013 |
| HR [bpm] (mean ± SD |
57.2 ± 6.8 | 60.9 ± 6.6 | 0.044 | 70.8 ± 15.9 | 66.8 ± 19.5 | 0.267 |
| HV (mean ± SD) |
0.035 ± 0.052 | 0.059 ± 0.116 | 0.164 | 0.118 ± 0.401 | 0.314 ± 0.393 | 0.110 |
| Agatston Score (mean ± SD) | 48.2 ± 107.7 | 392.9 ± 845.7 | 0.011 | 125.9 ± 265.7 | 486.6 ± 506.4 | 0.043 |
| Age (mean ± SD) |
56.1 ± 14.2 | 56.7 ± 15.4 | 0.446 | 60.9 ± 12.5 | 60.0 ± 14.1 | 0.430 |
| Male Gender (%) | 68% | 76% | 0.474 | 50% | 57% | 0.507 |
BMI (body mass index), HR (heart rate), HV (heart rate variability).