Table 5 Distribution and details of MACEs in Group I during the follow-up

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)