Skip to main content

Table 4 Procedural characteristics of the studied population

From: Incidence and impact of totally occluded culprit coronary artery in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction acute coronary syndrome

 

Group 1

(n=112)

Group 2

(n=388)

p value

Number of diseased vessels

 One vessel CAD

32

28.6%

160

41.2%

X2p=0.218

 Two vessel CAD

52

46.4%

154

39.7%

 Three vessel CAD

28

25%

74

19.1%

Culprit vessel

 LAD

24

21.4%

206

53.1%

X2p=<0.001

 LCX

62

55.4%

154

25.8%

 RCA

26

23.2%

74

21.1%

Site of the lesion

 Proximal

28

50%

95

48.9%

X2p=0.23

 Mid

20

35.7%

74

37.2%

 Distal

8

14.3%

25

13.9%

TIMI pre procedure

 0

112

100%

0

0 %

X2p =<0.001

 I

0

0%

0

0 %

 II

0

0%

64

16.5%

 III

0

0%

324

83.5%

Use of GP IIa–IIIb antagonists

26

23%

14

3

p=0.04

Collaterals

82

73.2%

18

4.6%

X2p =<0.01

TIMI III post procedure

110

98.2%

384

98.9%

p=0.36

Syntax score

 Mean ± SD

11.68 ± 6.05

6.79 ± 3.24

MWp =0.12

 Median

10

7.0

 Min–Max

4.0–24.0

4.0–22.0

Residual syntax score

 Mean ± SD

1.27 ± 2.67

0.66 ± 2.35

MWp=0.07

 Median

0

0

 Min–Max

0–15

0–20

  1. χ2 value for Chi square, MW Mann-Whitney test
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05