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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2014 Dec 15;116(3):437–447. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.305082

Table 2. Delivery of IMP, procedural and clinical outcomes.

Nitrite (n=40) Placebo (n = 40) P value
IMP Delivery
 Systolic BP drop (Median (IQR) 8.8 (0.5-30.1) 11.0 (2.1-21.4) 0.90
 Systolic BP drop >10% 18 (45%) 23 (57.5%) 0.37
 MetHb (Median (IQR) 0.1 (0-0.13) 0 (0-0.2) 0.66
Angiographic AAR
 APPROACH (Mean (95% CI)) 30.89 (28.30-33.47) 26.63 (23.28-29.99) 0.05
 BARI (Mean (95% CI)) 27.41 (24.02-30.80) 25.17 (22.20-28.13) 0.32
Contrast 261.20±15.61 236.30±12.05 0.21
ST segment resolution (>70%) 5 (88.5%) 5 (88.5%) 0.99
Manual Thrombectomy 33 (82.5%) 31 (77.5%) 0.78
Procedural Success 37 (92.5%) 38 (95.0%) 0.62
Clinical events
48 hour 3 (7.5) 7 (17.5) 0.31
 Death 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Recurrent Ischaemia 0 (0) 1 (2.5)
 Heart failure 2 (5) 3 (7.5)
 CIN 1 (2.5) 3 (7.5)
6 month N=40 n=40
 MACE 0 (0) 4 (10.0) 0.04
  Death 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Repeat revascularisation 0 (0) 2 (5.0)
  Recurrent myocardial infarction 0 (0) 1 (2.5)
  Hospitilisation for heart failure 0 (0) 1 (2.5)
1 year N=38 N=38
 MACE 1 (2.6%) 6 (15.8%) 0.04
  Death 0 (0) 0 (0)
  Repeat revascularisation 1 (2.6%) 3 (7.9)
  Recurrent myocardial infarction 0 (0) 1 (2.6)
  Hospitilisation for heart failure 0 (0) 2 (5.3)
Medication at 1 year
 Beta-blocker 33 (91.7%) 32 (88.9%) 0.69
 ACE-i 33 (91.7%) 31 (86.1%) 0.45
 ARB 3 (8.3%) 5 (13.9%) 0.45
 Statin 36 (100%) 36 (100%) 1.00
 Aspirin 36 (100%) 35 (97.2%) 0.31
 ADP antagonist 30 (83.3%) 29 (80.6%) 0.76

Values shown as number (%) unless otherwise stated.

Abbreviations: AAR, area at risk; MACE, major adverse cardiac events; CIN, contrast-induced nephropathy; IMP, investigational medicinal product