Research Article

Diagnostic Performance of Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography to Predict Functionally Significant Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

Table 2

Angiographic and optical coherence tomography measurements of the LM lesions.

QCA (n = 88)FD-OCT (n = 88) value

LM length, mm14.65 ± 5.312.48 ± 5.1<0.001
Lesion length, mm3.20 ± 1.53.72 ± 2.00.032
Reference lumen diameter, mm3.79 ± 0.64.05 ± 0.6<0.001
Minimum lumen diameter, mm2.07 ± 0.52.46 ± 0.6<0.001
Percent diameter stenosis (%)44.78 ± 15.438.66 ± 14.4<0.001
Reference lumen area, mm213.14 ± 4.1
Minimum lumen area, mm25.82 ± 2.9
Percent area stenosis (%)55.04 ± 18.7

Values are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. FD-OCT = frequency-domain optical coherence tomography; LM = left main; n = number of patients; QCA = quantitative coronary angiography.