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. 2019 Jun 7;10(3):135–141. doi: 10.14740/cr856

Table 4. Angiographic Characteristics and In-Hospital Clinical Outcomes of Patients With and Without Wellens’ Sign.

Wellens’ sign (n = 24) Control (n = 250) P value
Angiographic findings
  Interval to angiography from presentation (day) 0.99 (0.31 - 1.63) 1.09 (0.60 - 1.95) 0.38
  Early invasive strategy within 24 h 13 (54.2) 114 (45.6) 0.42
  Non-obstructive coronary artery disease 6 (25.0) 54 (21.6) 0.7
  Multi-vessel disease 7 (29.2) 122 (48.8) 0.066
  Three-vessel disease 1 (4.2) 45 (18.0) 0.093
  Left main disease 0 (0.0) 12 (4.8) 0.61
  Left main and/or three-vessel disease 1 (4.2) 51 (20.4) 0.057
  Left anterior descending artery disease (stenosis ≥ 70%) 16 (66.7) 130 (52.0) 0.17
  Left anterior descending artery culprit 16 (66.7) 49 (19.6) < 0.001
  Proximal left anterior descending artery culprit 8 (33.3) 36 (14.4) 0.035
  Mid left anterior descending artery culprit 8 (33.3) 13 (5.2) < 0.001
  Left circumflex artery disease (stenosis ≥ 70%) 5 (20.8) 109 (43.6) 0.031
  Left circumflex artery culprit 2 (8.3) 58 (23.2) 0.093
  Right coronary artery disease (stenosis ≥ 70%) 5 (20.8) 117 (46.8) 0.014
  Right coronary artery culprit 0 (0.0) 65 (26.0) 0.004
Pre-procedural thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow
  0/1 1 (4.2) 50 (20.0) 0.058
  2/3 23 (95.8) 200 (80.0) 0.058
In-hospital procedure
  In-hospital percutaneous coronary intervention 16 (66.7) 159 (63.6) 0.77
  In-hospital coronary artery bypass grafting 1 (4.2) 18 (7.2) 1
  Intra-aortic balloon pump 1 (4.2) 4 (16) 0.37
  Intubation 1 (4.2) 2 (0.8) 0.24
In-hospital outcomes
  All-cause mortality 0 (0.0) 1 (0.4) 1
  Recurrent myocardial infarction 0 (0.0) 1 (0.4) 1

Data are expressed as a number (percent) or median (interquartile range).