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. 2017 Mar-Apr;32(2):71–76. doi: 10.21470/1678-9741-2017-0053

Table 2.

Patient's characteristics and procedural aspects.

Baseline n/N (%)
Gender (female) 594/1722 (34.5%)
Age; mean ± DP (years) 59.9 ± 12.7 (n=1722)
Type of patients  
Public (SUS) 1431/1722 (83.1%)
Insured 166/1722 (9.6%)
Private (out-of-pocket) 125/1722 (7.3%)
Transferred from elsewhere to caring hospital 414/1722 (24%)
Type of operation  
Elective 1284/1722 (74.6%)
Urgency 381/1722 (22.1%)
Emergency 54/1722 (3.1%)
Rescue from cath-lab 3/1722 (0.2%)
Procedure recommended by Heart Team 421/1722 (24.4%)
Procedure performed at Hybrid Room 132/1722 (7.7%)
Preoperative status  
Stable 1631/1722 (94.7%)
Unstable 77/1722 (4.5%)
Severe 14/1722 (0.8%)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) 1048/1722 (60.9%)
Family history – CAD 516/1722 (30%)
Diabetes mellitus 522/1722 (30.3%)
Dyslipidemia 803/1722 (46.6%)
Hypertension 1268/1722 (73.6%)
Myocardial infarction 489/1722 (28.4%)
ST-elevation myocardial infarction 235/489 (48.1%)
Previous coronary stenting 207/1722 (12%)
Prior cardiovascular surgery 162/1722 (9.4%)
Stroke 78/1722 (4.5%)
Peripheral artery disease 98/1722 (5.7%)
Heart failure 427/1722 (24.8%)
NYHA class I 38/414 (9.2%)
NYHA class II 199/414 (48.1%)
NYHA class III 134/414 (32.4%)
NYHA class IV 43/414 (10.4%)
Renal failure 99/1722 (5.7%)
Dialysis 13/99 (13.1%)
Previous cardiac arrest 58/1722 (3.4%)
Left ventricular ejection fraction < 40% 144/1372 (10.5%)
Active smoker 207/1722 (12%)
Ex-smoker 423/1714 (24.7%)
Definite pacemaker 39/1722 (2.3%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 136/1722 (7.9%)
Active infective endocarditis 41/1722 (2.4%)
Rheumatic fever 169/1722 (9.8%)
Euro QoL 5D – fulfilled 554/1722 (32.2%)

NYHA = New York Heart Association; QoL = Quality of life; SUS = Brazilian public health system