Table 1.

Subjects' background

	AP	Control
Patients No.	12	10
Age [years]	67.4 ±11.6	70.0 ±9.5
Male/female	9/4	5/6
Culprit
LAD (cases)	8
LCX (cases)	2
RCA (cases)	2
CCS class	2.1 ±0.7
LVEF by QGS (%)	64.0 ±13.7	70.4 ±10.5
BNP [pg/ml]	55.1 ±21.0	26.5 ±15.4
Medications
Anti-platelet	12
ACE-I	1
ARB	2
β-blockade	4
Ca-blockade	3
Nitroglycerin	5
Statin	7	3

AP – angina pectoris, LAD – left anterior descending, LCX – left circumflex, RCA – right coronary artery, CCS – Canadian Cardiovascular Society, LVEF – left ventricular ejection fraction, QGS – quantitive gated SPECT, BNP – brain natriuretic peptide, ACE-I – angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB – angiotensin receptor blockade, Ca – calcium. Some values are expressed as mean ± SD