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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: IVUS was performed in 35 patients at 10 - 12 months post conservative therapy, IVUS results showed that MLA increased significantly [(7. 32 1. 42) mm (2) vs. (4. 98 0. 89) mm (2), P < 0. 01], while plaque area [(7. 70 2. 09) mm (2) vs. (10. 01 2. 55) mm (2), P < 0. 05], plaque burden [(55. 94 8. 36) % vs. (67. 97 9. 36) %] and low echo area [(4. 08 0. 80) mm (2) vs. (2. 27 0. 79) mm (2)] were significantly decreased at follow up compared to those as baseline (all P < 0. 01).