TABLE 2

Relationships Between Scintigraphic Data and Number of Diseased Vessels

No. of diseased vesselsP
0 (n = 64)1 (n = 51)2 (n = 37)3 (n = 30)
No. of territories with reversible defects
 05818106<0.001 (κ = 0.349)
 16332112
 20069
 30003
LVEF (%)
 Postexercise62.1 ± 12.156.3 ± 10.850.8 ± 13.2*48.4 ± 14.4*<0.001
 Rest59.9 ± 13.055.1 ± 9.452.3 ± 12.7*50.0 ± 13.1*0.001
 Worsening by exercise−2.2 ± 6.4−1.1 ± 8.41.4 ± 6.91.6 ± 7.60.031
Lung/heart
 Postexercise0.354 ± 0.0740.393 ± 0.0850.401 ± 0.0830.471 ± 0.126*<0.001
 Rest0.470 ± 0.0830.491 ± 0.0790.482 ± 0.0540.481 ± 0.0740.475
 Difference (rest − postexercise)0.116 ± 0.0770.098 ± 0.0950.082 ± 0.0940.016 ± 0.115*<0.001
RV/LV
 Postexercise0.314 ± 0.0640.326 ± 0.0530.361 ± 0.097*0.380 ± 0.148*0.002
 Rest0.329 ± 0.0690.325 ± 0.0730.354 ± 0.0760.366 ± 0.0820.041
 Difference (rest − postexercise)0.015 ± 0.057−0.001 ± 0.062−0.007 ± 0.080−0.014 ± 0.1040.255
  • * P < 0.05 vs. 0-vessel disease.

  • P < 0.05 vs. 1-vessel disease.

  • P < 0.05 vs. 2-vessel disease.