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. 2015 May;31(3):215–225. doi: 10.6515/ACS20140721E

Table 2. Interventional data and cardiovascular drugs among groups stratified by door-to-balloon times .

Door-to-balloon time (minutes) < 45 45-90 91-135 > 135 p-value
Diagnostic cardiac angiography
Cardiac angiography n (%) 189 (100.0%) 443 (100.0%) 293 (98.0%) 398 (99.3%) < 0.01*
Median time to, hours 0.5 (0.4-0.6) 1.0 (0.8-1.2) 1.6 (1.4-1.9) 3.03 (2.4-4.9) < 0.01*
Culprit artery territory, n (%)
Left main 11 (5.8%) 7 (1.6%) 4 (1.3%) 3 (0.8%) < 0.01*
Left artery disease 115 (60.9%) 230 (51.9%) 152 (50.8%) 209 (52.1%) 0.14
Left circumflex 45 (23.8%) 46 (10.4%) 31 (10.4%) 55 (13.7%) < 0.01*
Right coronary artery 97 (51.3%) 185 (41.8%) 120 (40.1%) 156 (38.9%) 0.03*
Culprit lesion stenosis 95.5 ± 12.5 95.4 ± 12.1 96.0 ± 8.8 94.8 ± 11.2 0.55
Initial coronary flow, n (%)
TIMI 0/1 151 (84.8%) 302 (71.6%) 208 (72.2%) 260 (69.0%) < 0.01*
TIMI 2 13 (7.3%) 73 (17.3%) 39 (13.5%) 72 (19.1%)
TIMI 3 14 (7.9%) 47 (11.1%) 41 (14.2%) 45 (11.9%)
Unknown 11 21 11 24
IABP 85 (45.0%) 82 (18.5%) 53 (17.7%) 92 (22.9%) < 0.01*
Echocardiography, n (%)
Normal 91 (57.2%) 221 (59.3%) 149 (60.3%) 206 (63.4%) 0.42
Mild LV systolic dysfunction 52 (32.7%) 104 (27.9%) 72 (29.2%) 78 (24.0%)
Moderate LV systolic dysfunction 14 (8.8%) 35 (9.4%) 18 (7.3%) 35 (10.8%)
Severe LV systolic dysfunction 2 (1.3%) 13 (3.5%) 8 (3.2%) 6 (1.9%)
Median ejection fraction 53.0 (47.0, 60.0) 53.0 (46.0, 63.0) 54.0 (46.0, 61.0) 54.0 (46.0, 62.0) 0.92
PCI
Median time to (minutes) 31.0 (23.0-40.0) 69.0 (58.0-79.0) 111.0 (102.0-124.0) 197.5 (160.0-308.0) < 0.01*
Stent type, n (%)
Bare-metal stents 142 (78.9%) 328 (75.6%) 200 (68.3%) 274 (71.0%) 0.04*
Drug-eluting stents 25 (13.9%) 75 (17.3%) 64 (21.8%) 80 (20.7%)
Both 7 (3.9%) 4 (0.9%) 6 (2.1%) 10 (2.6%)
None 6 (3.3%) 27 (6.2%) 23 (7.9%) 22 (5.7%)
Unknown 3 4 5 6
Lesion successfully treated 1.3 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.6 1.3 ± 0.6 0.57
Cardiovascular drugs
DAPT, n (%)
At discharge 172 (91.0%) 375 (84.7%) 256 (85.6%) 334 (83.3%) 0.09
At 6 months 116 (72.1%) 260 (65.0%) 165 (62.5%) 229 (64.7%) 0.24
At 12 months 38 (25.3%) 97 (25.9%) 70 (29.2%) 73 (22.3%) 0.33
Beta blockers, n (%)
At discharge 113 (59.8%) 245 (55.4%) 173 (57.9%) 237 (59.1%) 0.64
At 6 months 104 (64.6%) 250 (62.5%) 170 (64.4%) 235 (66.4%) 0.74
At 12 months 92 (61.3%) 237 (63.2%) 159 (66.3%) 211 (64.5%) 0.77
ACEI/ARB, n (%)
At discharge 132 (69.8%) 302 (68.2%) 223 (74.6%) 262 (65.3%) 0.07
At 6 months 102 (63.4%) 264 (66.0%) 176 (66.7%) 236 (66.7%) 0.89
At 12 months 89 (59.3%) 249 (66.4%) 150 (62.5%) 204 (62.4%) 0.43
Statin, n (%)
At discharge 124 (65.6%) 280 (63.2%) 207 (69.2%) 264 (65.8%) 0.41
At 6 months 100 (62.1%) 266 (66.5%) 188 (71.2%) 225 (63.6%) 0.15
At 12 months 101 (67.3%) 246 (65.6%) 165 (68.8%) 189 (57.8%) 0.03*

CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CAG, coronary artery angiogram; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; LV, left ventricle; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.

* Comparison among groups by chi-square test for categorical variables and by ANOVA test for continuous variables.