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Figure 3 Regression lines (and 95% confidence interval) of the symmetry index, the percent stenosis and the maximal outflow angle against time to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for the culprit and control lesions. The shorter the time to AMI, the greater were the symmetry index, the percent diameter stenosis and the maximal outflow angle of the culprit stenoses. The difference in percent diameter stenosis and maximal outflow angles between culprit and control lesions was time dependent, whereas the difference in the symmetry index was not. Data obtained with average and geometric outflow angles instead of the maximal outflow angle yielded similar findings. *Statistics compare the slopes of the regression lines between culprit and control lesions.
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