Table 1.

Characteristics of patients enrolled in the study group — mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) and control group (no-MTH).

	MTH group (n = 11)	No-MTH group (n = 30)	P
Gender, male	73% (8)	80% (24)	NS
Age [years]	62.0± 11.9	64.4± 10.3	NS
History of:
Coronary artery disease	27% (3)	20% (6)	NS
Acute myocardial infarction	27% (3)	13% (4)	NS
PCI	27% (3)	20% (6)	NS
CABG	0% (0)	0% (0)	NS
Heart failure	9% (1)	0% (0)	NS
Arterial hypertension	54.5% (6)	47% (14)	NS
Stroke	9% (1)	0% (0)	NS
Smoking	45.5% (5)	60% (18)	NS
Acute myocardial infarction:
STEMI	54.5% (6)	60% (18)	NS
NSTEMI	45.5% (5)	40% (12)
Number of vessels diseased:
1	36.4% (4)	27 % (8)	NS
2	18.2% (2)	43% (13)
3	45.5% (5)	30% (9)
TIMI before PCI:
0	45.5% (5)	40% (12)	NS
1	27% (3)	6.6% (2)
2	9% (1)	6.6% (2)
3	18.2% (2)	47% (14)
TIMI after PCI:
0	0% (0)	0% (0)	NS
1	0% (0)	3.3% (1)
2	0% (0)	0% (0)
3	100% (11)	96.7% (29)
Number of used stents:
0	0% (0)	3.3% (1)	NS
1	54.5% (6)	70% (21)
2	36.4% (4)	20% (6)
3 or more	9% (1)	6.6% (2)
Echocardiography:
LVEF [%]	34.0± 11.6	45.5± 7.9	0.003

CABG — coronary artery bypass grafting; LVEF — left ventricular ejection fraction; NS — non significant; NSTEMI — non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PCI — percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI — ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; TIMI — Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction