Population characteristics
STEMI | SCD | Non-sudden deaths | Survivors | |
Total number | 929 | 78 | 81 | 545 |
Age in years | 55.5±17.5 | 62.2±10.4 | 59.9±10.7 | 53.8±11.4 |
Male/female | 765/164 | 58/20 | 54/27 | 464/81 |
AWMI | 548 (59%) | 56 (71.8%) | 48 (59.4) | 311 (57.1%) |
Inferior ± posterior MI | 339 (36.5%) | 15 (19.2%) | 23 (28.3) | 216 (39.6%) |
Other sites of MI | 42 (4.5%) | 7 (9%) | 10 (12.3) | 18 (3.3%) |
Diabetes | 403 (43.4%) | 41 (52.6%) | 44 (54.3) | 228 (41.83%) |
Hypertension | 486 (52.3%) | 45 (57.7%) | 50 (61.7) | 282 (51.74%) |
Smoking | 365 (39.2%) | 22 (28.2%) | 22 (27.2) | 210 (28.53%) |
Family history of CAD | 196 (21.1%) | 6 (7.69%) | 10 (12.3) | 136 (24.95%) |
Window period (hours) | 4.04±3.17 | 5.0±3.0 | 5.1±3.8 | 3.83±3.0 |
Thrombolysis | 483 (52%) | 39 (50%) | 29 (35.8) | 302 (55.41%) |
Primary/rescue PCI | 263 (28.21%) | 12 (15.38%) | 14 (17.3) | 162 (29.72%) |
Reperfusion therapy | 657 (70.7%) | 46 (60.25%) | 41 (50.6%) | 406 (74.5%) |
LVEF (%) | 45.9±11 | 41.82±13.16 | 39.2±12.2 | 47.21±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.