Table 1

Population characteristics

STEMISCDNon-sudden deathsSurvivors
Total number9297881545
Age in years55.5±17.562.2±10.459.9±10.753.8±11.4
Male/female765/16458/2054/27464/81
AWMI548 (59%)56 (71.8%)48 (59.4)311 (57.1%)
Inferior ± posterior MI339 (36.5%)15 (19.2%)23 (28.3)216 (39.6%)
Other sites of MI42 (4.5%)7 (9%)10 (12.3)18 (3.3%)
Diabetes403 (43.4%)41 (52.6%)44 (54.3)228 (41.83%)
Hypertension486 (52.3%)45 (57.7%)50 (61.7)282 (51.74%)
Smoking365 (39.2%)22 (28.2%)22 (27.2)210 (28.53%)
Family history of CAD196 (21.1%)6 (7.69%)10 (12.3)136 (24.95%)
Window period (hours)4.04±3.175.0±3.05.1±3.83.83±3.0
Thrombolysis483 (52%)39 (50%)29 (35.8)302 (55.41%)
Primary/rescue PCI263 (28.21%)12 (15.38%)14 (17.3)162 (29.72%)
Reperfusion therapy657 (70.7%)46 (60.25%)41 (50.6%)406 (74.5%)
LVEF (%)45.9±1141.82±13.1639.2±12.247.21±10.22
  • CAD, coronary artery disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous intervention; SCD, sudden cardiac death; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction; AWMI, anterior wall myocardial infarction.