Effectiveness of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Quantitative Analysis during Adenosine Stress versus Visual Analysis before Percutaneous Therapy in Acute Coronary Pain: A Coronary Artery TIMI Grading Comparing Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 41 patients.
Variable
Value
Age (years)
54 ±10.8
Men
34 (82.9%)
Previous coronary angioplasty
0
Previous coronary bypass
0
Hypertension (n)
26 (63.4%)
Diabetes mellitus (n)
15 (36.6%)
Smokers (n)
28 (68.3%)
AMI
30
ACS
11
Diseased arteries
44
Left anterior descending
22 (50.0%)
Left circumflex coronary artery
7 (15.9%)
Right coronary artery
15 (34.1%)
Single-vessel disease
28
Multivessel disease
8
TIMI flow of diseased arteries before PCI <3
40 (90.9%)
TIMI flow of diseased arteries after PCI <3
0
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)
47 ± 5
Left ventricular end diastolic volume (mL)
129 ± 41
Left ventricular end systolic volume (mL)
66 ± 32
Data presented as mean ± SD, unless otherwise noted; data in parentheses are percentages. TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; ACS: acute coronary syndrome.
