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. 2013 Dec 13;27(1):1–11. doi: 10.1111/joic.12080

Procedural Characteristics

All Impella Pre-PCI Impella Post-PCI
N = 154 (mean ± SD, median [IQR], or %) N = 63 (mean ± SD, median [IQR], or %) N = 91 (mean ± SD, median [IQR], or %) P-Value
Duration of Impella support, hours 23.7 [3.5 62.7] 22.8 [1.6 52.8] 24.2 [4.2 69.2] 0.39
Median door-to-balloon time,* min 63.5 [40.3 113.5] 112 [79 112] 52 [34 81] <0.0001
Suspected infarct related artery territory
 Left main 16.1% 23.8% 9.5% 0.02
 Left anterior descending 52.6% 53.9% 51.4% 0.76
 Left circumflex 10.9% 4.8% 16.2% 0.03
 Right coronary 16.8% 12.7% 20.3% 0.24
 Graft 3.7% 4.8% 2.7% 0.52
Number of diseased vessels 1.8 ± 0.76 1.94 ± 0.72 1.70 ± 0.79 0.07
Number of significant lesions (≥70%) 2.57 ± 1.39 2.74 ± 1.49 2.42 ± 1.28 0.19
Number of vessel treated 1.42 ± 0.63 1.57 ± 0.67 1.30 ± 0.57 0.01
Number of lesions treated 2.02 ± 1.24 2.33 ± 1.40 1.77 ± 1.02 0.006
Number of stents 1.68 ± 1.02 1.94 ± 1.15 1.47 ± 0.85 0.007
TIMI flow [0–1] prior to PCI 80.2% 71.9% 84.8% 0.14
TIMI flow [0–1] post-PCI 8.7% 4.6% 11.9% 0.19

PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; SD, standard deviation.

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Door-to-balloon time data are presented when available for patients admitted with STEMI or diagnosed with STEMI on admission.