Table 5.
Distribution and details of MACEs in Group I during the follow-up
| MACEs during RF | MACEs following RF | Total | Comments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Hospitalization for Non-STEMI or UA | 14 | 9.2 | 2 | 1.3 | 16 | 10.5 | Three patients of them had a definite stent thrombosis at coronary angiography (all of them occurred during RF) |
| STEMI | 4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.6 | Three patients of them had a definite stent thrombosis at coronary angiography (all of them occurred during RF) |
| One of those three patients had a cardiac arrest on the second day of admission | |||||||
| Death | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | The patient presented by sudden cardiac death with his ECG after resuscitation showing STEMI (probable stent thrombosis) |
| Stroke or TIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hospitalization for other cardiovascular reasons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.3 | We admitted two cases to the cardiology department with symptomatic hypotension: One with GIT bleeding and the other one with ischemic mesenteric embolic vascular occlusion |
| Total patients with MACEs | 19 | 12.4 | 4 | 2.6 | 23 | 15 | Seven cases of stent thrombosis (all of them occurred during RF), and ten cases of TLR (Nine of them occurred during RF) |
MACEs Major Adverse Cardiac Events, UA unstable angina, RF Ramadan Fasting, Non-STEMI Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, TIA Transient Ischemic Attack, STEMI ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, TLR Target Lesion Revascularization