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