Research Article

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

Table 3

Comparison between optical coherence tomography measurements of LM stenosis with FFR ≤0.80 and FFR >0.80.

FFR ≤0.80 (n = 39)FFR >0.80 (n = 49) value

LM length, mm13.75 ± 4.911.47 ± 5.00.035
Lesion length, mm4.29 ± 2.53.24 ± 1.50.020
Reference lumen diameter, mm3.94 ± 0.54.10 ± 0.70.128
Minimum lumen diameter, mm2.11 ± 0.42.74 ± 0.7<0.001
Percent diameter stenosis (%)45.32 ± 14.133.35 ± 12.4<0.001
Reference lumen area, mm211.86 ± 3.014.16 ± 4.60.008
Minimum lumen area, mm23.96 ± 1.37.31 ± 3.0<0.001
Percent area stenosis (%)64.42 ± 17.647.58 ± 16.3<0.001

Values are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation (SD). FFR = fractional flow reserve; LM = left main coronary artery; n = number of patients.