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| Women, (%) | 91 (61) | 66 (69) | 25 (46) | 0.006 | Age, mean ± s.d., years | 81 ± 7 | 82 ± 6 | 80 ± 7 | 0.2 | Hypertension, (%) | 115 (77) | 69 (72) | 46 (85) | <0.0001 | Endstage renal failure, (%) | 10 (7) | 5 (5) | 5 (9) | 0.06 | Hypercholesterolemia, (%) | 51 (34) | 31 (32) | 20 (37) | 0.27 | Diabetes, (%) | 42 (28) | 25 (26) | 17 (31) | 0.56 | Peripheral occlusive disease, (%) | 37 (25) | 10 (10) | 27 (50) | <0.0001 | Coronary heart disease, total, (%) | 79 (53) | 41 (43) | 34 (63) | <0.05 | (1) vessel disease | 25 (17) | 13 (14) | 12 (22) | | (2) vessel disease | 20 (13) | 14 (15) | 6 (11) | | (3) vessel disease | 34 (23) | 14 (15) | 20 (37) | | Previous myocardial infarction, (%) | 36 (24) | 22 (23) | 14 (26) | 0.42 | Previous CABG, (%) | 34 (23) | 15 (16) | 19 (35) | <0.0001 | Previous stroke, (%) | 14 (9) | 7 (7) | 7 (13) | 0.024 | Baseline creatinine, mean ± s.d., μmol/L | 133.5 ± 109.6 | 116.7 ± 73.4 | 162.7 ± 150.3 | 0.013 | GFR, mean ± s.d., mL/min/1,73 m2 | 53 ± 22 | 55 ± 21 | 49 ± 22 | 0.11 | Baseline hemoglobin, mean ± s.d., mmol/L | 7.39 ± 1.06 | 7.39 ± 1.06 | 7.39 ± 0.99 | 0.8 | Hemoglobin 24 hours after intervention, mean ± s.d., mmol/L | 6.27 ± 0.81 | 6.27 ± 0.74 | 6.21 ± 0.93 | 0.53 | Amount contrast dye, mean ± s.d., mL | 147 ± 58 | 160 ± 57 | 125 ± 53 | <0.0001 | STS Score renal failure, % ±s.d. | 7.3 ± 4.2 | 6.8 ± 3.5 | 8.3 ± 5.1 | 0.054 | STS Score mortality, % ±s.d. | 6.3 ± 3.5 | 5.7 ± 2.7 | 7.1 ± 4.5 | 0.024 | EUROScore, % ±s.d. | 24 ± 14 | 22 ± 13 | 28 ± 16 | 0.02 |
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