Clinical Study
Prognostic Significance of NT-proBNP Levels in Patients over 65 Presenting Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated Invasively or Conservatively
Table 1
Description of patients receiving invasive and conservative treatment.
| Number of patients | All patients 286 pts | Invasively treated patients 136 pts | Noninvasively treated patients 150 pts | |
| Diabetes | 24.83% | 17.6% | 31.3% | 0.01 | Arterial hypertension | 65.03% | 57.3% | 72% | 0.025 | Serious HF at admission to hospital | 18.2% | 15.4% | 20.7% | 0.25 | Previously diagnosed CHD | 57.7% | 52.2% | 63.3% | 0.056 | Previous MI | 26.6% | 24.3% | 28.6% | 0.7 | Female/male | 47.5%/52.5% | 43%/57% | 51%/49% | | Average age | 79 ± 8 | 77 ± 7 | 82 ± 8 | <0.0001 |
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