The importance of left ventricular function for long-term outcome after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Table 1 Baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics

Age, yrs (mean ± SD)	59.8 ± 12.0
Male sex	77.8
Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)	26.7 ± 3.8
History of MI	9.9
History of PCI	5.1
History of CABG	2.8
History of stroke	2.8
Diabetes mellitus	9.7
Hypertension	28.5
Hyperlipidemia	22.1
Current smoker	50.7
Positive family history	42.3
Ischemia duration, min (mean ± SD)*	205 ± 212
Killip class 1	95.9
Killip class 2	2.4
Killip class 3	1.3
Killip class 4	0.4
Anterior MI	48.6
Multivessel disease	51.4
TIMI 3 flow after PCI	96.9
Successful reperfusion‡	87.2
Intra-aortic balloon pump	5.0
Mechanical ventilation	0.5
Stent	57.6
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blocker	21.2
Max CK, U/l (mean ± SD)	2450 ± 2159
Max CK-MB, U/l (mean ± SD)	248 ± 198

Data are displayed as percentage, unless otherwise indicated. *Ischemia duration denotes time between onset of symptoms and until PCI; ‡successful reperfusion denotes TIMI 3 flow and myocardial blush grade 2 or 3;
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting
CK = creatin kinase
CK-MB = creatin kinase myoglobin binding
MI = myocardial infarction
PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention
SD = standard deviation
TIMI = thrombolysis in myocardial infarction

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