Table 1.
Clinical data of the 52 selected patients
| Variables | ||
| (n = 52) | ||
| Age (mean and standard deviation), years | 55.3 ± 4.9 | |
| Age variation | 39 - 74 | |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
| Male | 40 (76.9) | |
| Risk factors, n (%) | ||
| Arterial Hypertension | 35 (67.3) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 16 (30.8) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 31 (59.6) | |
| Current smokers | 26 (50.0) | |
| Previous cardiac events, n(%) | ||
| Myocardial Infarction | 7 (13.5) | |
| Cardiovascular history, n (%) | ||
| Percutaneous coronary intervention | 2 (3.8) | |
| Myocardial revascularization | 2 (3.8) | |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | ||
| Renal failure# | 9 (17.3) | |
| Pre-intervention clinical picture, n (%) | ||
| Unstable angina | 16 (30.8) | |
| NSTEMI | 10 (19.2) | |
| STEMI | 26 (50.0) | |
#Creatinine clearance <60 ml/min; STEMI: ST segment-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non- ST segment-elevation myocardial elevation