Table 3

Qualitative intravascular ultrasound data on patients with adaptive remodelling of the culprit lesion (group AR), patients with constrictive remodelling (group CR), and patients without remodelling (group NR)

Group AR
(n = 22)
Group CR
(n = 14)
Group NR
(n = 24)
Total
(n = 60)
Plaque eccentricity
 Concentric lesion 6 (25)7 (50) 9 (38)22 (37)
 Eccentric lesion16 (75)7 {50)15 (62)38 (63)
Plaque composition
 Soft plaque13 (59)8 (57)14 (58)35 (58)
 Fibrocalcific plaque9 (41)6 (43)10 (42)25 (42)
 Thrombus20 (91)3-150 7 (50)16 (67)43 (72)
 Disruption16 (73) 4 (29)6 (25)26 (43)
 Calcification 5 (23)4 (29)10 (42)19 (32)
  • Values are n (%).

  • 3-150 p = 0.023, p = 0.020 for comparisons between group AR and groups CR/NR.