Table 1.
Patient characteristics at 4 months after primary angioplasty (n = 12)
| Age, years | 57 ± 7 |
| Male | 10(83) |
| Body mass index | 27 ± 4 |
| Coronary risk factors | |
| Diabetes | 3(25) |
| Hypertension | 4(33) |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 4(33) |
| Family history of CAD | 3(25) |
| Smoking | 8(67) |
| Clinical and angiographic features | |
| New York Heart Association class I-II | 12(100) |
| NT-proBNP, ng/L | 272 ± 266 |
| Duke’s jeopardy score (0–12 points) | 1.7 ± 2.4 |
| Characteristics of AMI and reperfusion | |
| LAD, proximal culprit lesion | 12(100) |
| TIMI 3 flow after PCI | 11(92) |
| TIMI 2 flow after PCI | 1(8) |
| STR at 60 min after PCI, % | 58 ± 25 |
| Peak CKMB, μg/L | 164 ± 109 |
| Peak NT-proBNP, ng/L | 5423 ± 12732 |
Values are n (%) or mean ± SD
CAD coronary artery disease, NT-proBNP N-terminal part of the pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, AMI acute myocardial infarction, Duke’s jeopardy score the angiographic extent of coronary artery disease, LAD left anterior descending coronary artery, TIMI Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, STR the summed 12-lead ST-segment resolution as determined at 80 ms after the J-point, CK creatine kinase