Local coronary wall eccentricity and endothelial function are closely related in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

Table 2 Relationship between coronary anatomic and functional measures

% Coronary Vasoreactive Change with IHE vs. Coronary Wall Measure:	% area change	% velocity change	% flow change
Healthy: Mean Coronary Wall Thickness	R = -0.17	R = 0.02	R = -0.02
Healthy: Mean Coronary Wall Thickness	P = 0.46	P = 0.93	P = 0.92
Healthy: Eccentricity Index	R = 0.18	R = 0.08	R = 0.14
Healthy: Eccentricity Index	P = 0.46	P = 0.74	P = 0.56
CAD: Mean Coronary Wall Thickness	R = -0.54	R = -0.11	R = -0.34
CAD: Mean Coronary Wall Thickness	P = 0.001	P = 0.51	P = 0.05
CAD: Eccentricity Index	R = -0.60	R = -0.06	R = -0.27
CAD: Eccentricity Index	P = 0.0002	P = 0.75	P = 0.13

Relationship between MRI measures of coronary remodeling (Coronary eccentricity index and mean coronary wall thickness) vs. coronary endothelial functional measures (% area change, % coronary peak velocity change and % coronary blood flow change with IHE) in healthy subjects and in patients with coronary artery disease using regression analysis
Italized items indicate statistically significant relationships

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