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. 2024 Nov 15;16(11):e73764. doi: 10.7759/cureus.73764

Table 2. Association Between Type of ST-Segment Elevation and LVEF.

* p-value less than 0.05 is significant

Type of ST-Segment Elevation Timing interval LVEF < 40% (n = 105) LVEF 40-49% (n = 142) LVEF ≥ 50% (n = 70) p-value*
Concave (n = 126) Within 24 hours 15 (11.9%) 35 (27.8%) 16 (12.9%) 0.0000
48 hours 10 (7.9%) 15 (11.9%) 5 (4.0%) 0.1612
1 month 5 (4.0%) 14 (11.1%) 9 (7.1%) 0.0015
3 months 2 (1.6%) 7 (5.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0.0242
6 months 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0.0617
Convex (n = 98) Within 24 hours 25 (25.5%) 10 (10.2%) 5 (5.1%) 0.2781
48 hours 12 (12.2%) 20 (20.4%) 4 (4.1%) 0.0349
1 month 5 (5.1%) 6 (6.1%) 2 (2.0%) 0.6671
3 months 2 (2.0%) 3 (3.1%) 1 (1.0%) 0.6941
6 months 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.0%) 0.0377
Straight (n = 93) Within 24 hours 10 (10.8%) 20 (21.5%) 14 (15.1%) 0.0003
48 hours 8 (8.6%) 9 (9.7%) 4 (4.3%) 0.5502
1 month 6 (6.5%) 4 (4.3%) 3 (3.2%) 0.7152
3 months 3 (3.2%) 2 (2.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0.6422
6 months 1 (1.1%) 4 (4.3%) 5 (5.4%) 0.0033