Clinical demographics
| | | |
Age (y)
|
65 ± 8
|
63 ± 9
|
NS
|
Female sex
|
20 (16.6%)
|
12 (13.0%)
|
NS
|
Coronary risk factors
| | | |
Hypertension
|
75 (62.5%)
|
59 (64.1%)
|
NS
|
Diabetes
|
100 (83.3%)
|
76 (82.6%)
|
NS
|
Hyperlipidemia
|
57 (47.5%)
|
50 (54.3%)
|
<0.05
|
Smoking
|
55 (45.8%)
|
41 (44.6%)
|
NS
|
Peripheral vascular disease
|
22 (18.3%)
|
17 (18.5%)
|
NS
|
Previous renal impairment
|
6 (5.0%)
|
4 (4.3%)
|
NS
|
Cerebrovascular accident
|
2 (1.7%)
|
8 (8.7%)
|
<0.001
|
COPD
|
5 (4.2%)
|
22 (23.9%)
|
<0.001
|
Calcified ascending aorta
|
2 (1.7%)
|
45 (48.9%)
|
<0.001
|
Cardiac profile
| | | |
Previous myocardial infarction
|
77 (64.2%)
|
59 (64.1%)
|
NS
|
Unstable angina
|
87 (72.5%)
|
68 (73.9%)
|
NS
|
previous PTCA
|
19 (15.8%)
|
15 (16.3%)
|
NS
|
Mean ejection fraction
|
0.50 ± 0.12
|
0.49 ± 0.14
|
NS
|
Poor ejection fraction (<0.35)
|
13 (10.8%)
|
9 (9.8%)
|
NS
|
Left main disease
|
23 (19.2%)
|
17 (18.5%)
|
NS
|
RCA Critical stenosis >90%
|
68 (56.7%)
|
89 (96.7%)
|
<0.001
|
Number of diseased vessels
|
3.8 ± 0.8
|
3.9 ± 0.9
|
NS
|