Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 60 ± 11 |
| Male sex | 61 (73) |
| BMI | 27 ± 4 |
| Smoking | 74 (88) |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 30 (36) |
| Diabetes | 5 (6) |
| Previous angina pectoris | 38 (45) |
| Culprit | |
| RCA | 46 (55) |
| LAD | 27 (32) |
| Cx | 11 (13) |
| Number of diseased vesselsa | |
| One | 44 (52) |
| Two | 19 (23) |
| Three | 21 (25) |
| Thrombosuction | 26 (31) |
| Time to balloon inflation (min) | 219 ± 85 |
| Adenosine or nitroglycerine i.c. | 57 (68) |
| Abciximab downstream | 43 (51) |
| Final TIMI 3 flow | 75 (89) |
| CK (AUC, 1,000 h units l−1) | 54 ± 37 |
| Infarct size (% of LV mass) | 16 ± 11 |
Values are presented as number of patients with percentages in parentheses or mean ± standard deviation
Abbreviations: i.c. intracoronary, AUC area under the curve, BMI body mass index, RCA right coronary artery, LAD left anterior descending artery, Cx circumflex artery
aStenosis greater than 70%