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Table 3 Relation between pre TIMI flow grade with procedural data of the studied patients

From: Prognostic impact of pre-interventional culprit artery thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention

 

Pre TIMI

Test value

P value

Sig

TIMI (0)

TIMI (I–III)

No. = 107

No. = 43

Access

     

RT radial

40 (43.0%)

31 (54.4%)

3.769*

0.152

NS

RT femoral

53 (57.0%)

25 (43.9%)

   

LT radial

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.8%)

   

DTB time (min)

37.01 ± 10.87

38.77 ± 9.84

− 0.998•

0.320

NS

IRA

     

Negative

0 (0.0%)

4 (7.0%)

6.705

0.009

HS

RCA

31 (33.3%)

21 (36.8%)

0.192

0.661

NS

LAD

45 (48.4%)

26 (45.6%)

0.109

0.741

NS

LCX

11 (11.8%)

6 (10.5%)

0.060

0.806

NS

OM

3 (3.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1.876

0.170

NS

D1

2 (2.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1.242

0.265

NS

SVG to PDA

1 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0.617

0.432

NS

Non culprit lesions

45 (50.6%)

19 (35.2%)

3.214*

0.073

NS

Antegrade flow restoration

     

Negative

0 (0%)

11 (19.3%)

26.188*

0.000

HS

Wiring

4 (4.3%)

8 (14.0%)

   

PTCA

73 (78.5%)

25 (43.9%)

   

Aspiration

15 (16.1%)

13 (22.8%)

   

Post dilatation

3.36 ± 0.41

3.39 ± 0.48

− 0.215•

0.831

NS

GP IIb/IIIa inh

28 (30.1%)

13 (22.8%)

0.948*

0.330

NS

Post TIMI

     

I

6 (6.5%)

0 (0.0%)

8.231*

0.016

S

II

17 (18.3%)

4 (7.0%)

   

III

70 (75.3%)

53 (93.0%)

   

Blush grade

     

I

7 (7.5%)

0 (0.0%)

8.393*

0.015

S

II

16 (17.2%)

4 (7.0%)

   

III

70 (75.3%)

53 (93.0%)

   
  1. P value > 0.05: Non significant (NS); P value < 0.05: Significant (S); P value < 0.01: Highly significant (HS)
  2. Data is presented as mean ± SD and percentage
  3. DTB, door to balloon; IRA, infarct related artery; GP IIb/IIIa inh., glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; RT, right; LAD, left anterior descending; LCX, left circumflex; RCA, right coronary artery; D1, first diagonal branch; SVG to PDA, saphenous venous graft to posterior descending artery
  4. *Chi-square test; Independent t test