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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of included patients according to the use of thrombus aspiration during P-PCI

From: Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of a national registry of interventional cardiology

 

Before Matching

After Matching

 

Thrombus aspiration and P-PCI (n = 3311)

P-PCI only (n = 6247)

p-value

Thrombus aspiration and P-PCI (n = 1750)

P-PCI only (n = 1750)

p-value

Age

60 ± 13

63 ± 13

< 0.001

61 ± 13

60 ± 13

0.10

Male

77.4%

74.6%

0.002

77.7%

78.6%

0.59

Risk factors

 Dyslipidemia

44.7%

44.6%

0.95

45.0%

46.2%

0.50

 DM

18.7%

24.0%

< 0.001

19.0%

18.9%

0.93

 Smoking

43.1%

36.4%

< 0.001

41.8%

45.0%

0.38

 Hypertension

53.3%

59.7%

< 0.001

54.1%

54.5%

0.87

Previous history

 MI

11.3%

14.2%

< 0.001

12.1%

12.3%

0.84

 PCI

12.3%

14.0%

0.035

12.9%

13.8%

0.46

 CABG

1.3%

1.7%

0.188

1.3%

1.1%

0.64

 Stroke

3.9%

5.2%

0.009

4.0%

4.1%

1.00

 PAD

1.9%

3.1%

0.002

1.9%

1.9%

1.00

 HF

0.9%

1.9%

< 0.001

0.8%

0.6%

0.69

 CKD

3.2%

3.4%

0.56

3.7%

4.6%

0.21

Admission

 KK IV class

6.3%

6.6%

0.57

7.3%

6.4%

0.43

Infarction-related artery

 LM

1.0%

1.3%

0.20

3.6%

3.5%

0.86

 LAD

42.4%

35.7%

< 0.001

69.1%

69.4%

0.86

 Circumflex

13.4%

17.5%

< 0.001

39.5%

46.8%

< 0.001

 RCA

42.8%

45.1%

0.03

58.8%

57.3%

0.36

Radial access

40.2%

22.9%

< 0.001

40.3%

20.3%

< 0.001

Stenting / DES

79.4% / 47.5%

75.9% / 50.9%

< 0.001

91.6% / 45.4%

90.9% / 46.9%

0.50 / 0.40

GpIIb/IIIa

36.9%

18.9%

< 0.001

51.9%

31.0%

< 0.001

  1. CABGCoronary artery bypass graft, CKD Chronic kidney disease, DES Drug-eluting stent, DM Diabetes Mellitus, HF heart failure, KK Killip-Kimball, LAD Left Anterior Descending Artery, LM Left Main Artery, MI Myocardial infarction, PAD peripheral artery disease, PCI angioplasty/percutaneous coronary intervention, P-PCI Primary angioplasty. RCA Right Coronary Artery, TA Thrombus aspiration