Research Article
Pre-Emptive OCT-Guided Angioplasty of Vulnerable Intermediate Coronary Lesions: Results from the Prematurely Halted PECTUS-Trial
Table 3
Target lesion OCT characteristics.
| | | BVS (n = 16) | OMT (n = 16) |
| | Average cap thickness—μm | 50.0 ± 10.3 | 50.6 ± 10.0 | | Plaque rupture or thrombus—n (%) | 1 (6.25%) | 2 (12.5%) | | Lesions with >1 lipid quadrant—n (%) | 16 (100%) | 16 (100%) | | Average MLA—mm2 | 2.69 ± 0.99 | 2.57 ± 1.07 | | Average MLA after PCI—mm2 | 6.55 ± 1.81 | — | | Average number of additional non-target lesions per pullback | 0.9 ± 1.3 | 1.4 ± 0.8 | | (i) Vulnerable | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0.5 ± 0.8 | | (ii) Non-vulnerable | 0.7 ± 1.1 | 0.9 ± 0.7 |
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BVS, bioresorbable vascular scaffold, OCT, optical coherence tomography, OMT, optimal medicinal therapy, MLA, minimal lumen area, PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.
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