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Table 1 Subject clinical characteristics and invasive angiographic findings

From: Relationship between coronary hyper-intensive plaques identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and clinical severity of acute coronary syndrome

 

Stable angina (n = 12)

ACS (n = 50)

P value

Unstable angina (n = 27)

Non-STEMI (n = 8)

STEMI (n = 15)

PMR

1.1 (0.7–1.3)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

1.3 (1.1–2.3)

1.6 (1.2–2.0)

0.004

CHIPs

1 (8%)

7 (26%)

3 (38%)

10 (67%)

0.009

Age, yrs

53 ± 14

56 ± 12

60 ± 9

50 ± 9

0.177

Male

11 (92%)

23 (85%)

7 (88%)

14 (93%)

0.856

Diabetes mellitus

3 (25%)

11 (41%)

2 (25%)

4 (27%)

0.663

Smoking

3 (25%)

9 (33%)

3 (38%)

9 (60%)

0.246

Dyslipidemia

2 (17%)

3 (11%)

0 (0%)

2 (13%)

0.699

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

125 ± 9

127 ± 16

128 ± 13

119 ± 12

0.294

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

75 ± 9

73 ± 10

71 ± 9

77 ± 10

0.498

Culprit Vessel

    

0.524

Left anterior descending

6 (50%)

18 (67%)

4 (50%)

5 (33%)

 

Left circumflex

2 (17%)

2 (7%)

1 (13%)

5 (33%)

 

Right coronary artery

4 (33%)

6 (22%)

3 (37%)

4 (27%)

 

Left main coronary artery

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

1 (7%)

 
  1. Values are mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or n (%). ACS acute coronary syndrome, PMR plaque-to-cardiac muscle signal intensity ratio, CHIP coronary hyper-intensive plaque