Research Article

CX3CR1 Receptor Polymorphisms, Th1 Cell Recruitment, and Acute Myocardial Infarction Outcome: Looking for a Link

Table 1

Clinical and surgical data of patients.

AMI* group (25 pts)NCC* group (22 pts)SVR* group (16 pts)

Clinical data
 Age (yr ± SE)
 Male 17 (68)15 (68)13 (81)
 Hypertension 18 (72)14 (64)11 (69)
 Diabetes 13 (52)10 (45)7 (44)
 Previous smoking 13 (52)11 (50)7 (44)
 Hyperlipidemia 14 (56)10 (45)8 (50)
 Previous MI (%)0016 (100)
 Previous PTCA 005 (31)
Autoptic data: causes of death
 Acute MI:25 (100)0
  Anterior wall13 (52)0
  Posterolateral wall7 (28)0
  Posterior wall5 (20)0
 Bronchopneumonia014 (64)
 Pulmonary embolism05 (23)
 Intestinal hemorrhage03 (14)
Surgical data
 Mean time from MI to Op (mo ± SE)
 EF (%± SE)
 LVEDV (mL ± SE)
 LVESV (mL ± SE)
 CABG 15 (94)
 LIMA grafts 15 (94)
 No. of total anastomosis (±SE)

AMI: acute myocardial infarction patients; NCC: subjects dead for noncardiac causes; SVR: patients survived to a first AMI.
Data are absolute numbers (percentage).
Abbreviations: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; EF: ejection fraction; LIMA: left internal mammary artery; LVEDV: left ventricle end-diastolic volume; LVESV: left ventricle end-systolic volume; MI: myocardial infarction; PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; SE: standard error.