Table 1.
Basic demographics and clinical characteristics.
| Total population n (col%) |
Prehospital STEMI activation n (row%) |
Not a prehospital STEMI activation n (row%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Culprit artery | |||
| Yes | 145 (29.0) | 118 (81.4) | 27 (18.6) |
| No | 355 (71.0) | 33 (9.0) | 322 (91.0) |
| LAD | 43 (29.7) | 34 (79.1) | 9 (20.9) |
| RCA | 37 (25.5) | 32 (86.5) | 5 (13.5) |
| Lt-circumflex | 9 (6.2) | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) |
| Lt-main | 0 | - | - |
| Multi-vessel | 56 (38.6) | 44 (78.6) | 12 (21.4) |
| Catheterization | |||
| Yes | 163 (32.6) | 124 (76.1) | 39 (23.9) |
| No | 337 (67.4) | 27 (8.0) | 310 (92.0) |
| STEMI activation | |||
| Yes | 151 (30.2) | — | — |
| No | 349 (69.8) | — | — |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 273 (54.6) | 104 (38.1) | 169 (61.9) |
| Female | 227 (45.4) | 47 (20.7) | 180 (79.3) |
| Age (95% CI) | 59.7 (58.3–61.1) | 60.2 (57.8–62.5) | 59.5 (57.7–61.3) |
STEMI = ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
LAD = left anterior descending.
RCA = right coronary artery.
Multi-vessel = more than one coronary artery with occlusion and infarct recurring PCI.