Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) or % |
| Age (years) | 62 (10) |
| Men | 75% |
| Risk factors | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 26% |
| Hypertension | 79% |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 83% |
| Smoking | 38% |
| Family history | 39% |
| Prior MI | 56% |
| Unstable angina | 29% |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 63 (13) |
| Restenotic lesion | 11% |
| Target vessel | |
| LAD | 39% |
| LCx | 24% |
| RCA | 36% |
| Vessel involvement | |
| 1 vessel disease | 20% |
| 2 vessel disease | 33% |
| 3 vessel disease | 47% |
| Lesion type | |
| Type A | 23% |
| Type B1 | 12% |
| Type B2 | 37% |
| Type C | 28% |
LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCx, left circumflex artery; MI, myocardial infarction; RCA, right coronary artery.