Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability Rather than Stenosis Predisposes to Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Table 2

Angiographic data of stable angina and NSTE-ACS groups.

Angiographic criteria	All ()	NSTE-ACS group (I) ()	SA group (II) ()	value
Syntax score	12.46 ± 7.6	18.7 ± 7.8	8.07 ± 2.5	0.001
Affected vessel
LM	21 (6.73%)	18 (8.3%)	3 (3.1%)	0.04
LAD	136 (43.6%)	92 (42.6%)	44 (45.8%)
CX	74 (23.7%)	49 (22.7%)	25 (26.1%)	0.15
RCA	81 (25.9%)	57 (26.4%)	24 (25%)
Site of lesion
Proximal	158 (50.6%)	113 (52.3%)	45 (46.9%)
Mid	106 (33.9%)	69 (31.9%)	37 (38.5%)	0.24
Distal	48 (15.4%)	34 (15.7%)	14 (14.6%)
Stenting	134 (42.9%)	80 (37.04%)	54 (56.3%)	0.001
Predilatation	64 (20.5%)	34 (15.7%)	30 (31.3%)	0.001
Edge dissection	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0	0.62
Thrombus migration	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0	0.62
In-hospital mortality	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0	0.62

LM: left main artery; LAD: left anterior descending artery; CX: circumflex artery; RCA: right coronary artery.