Research Article

Impact of Short-Term Heart Rate Variability in Patients with STEMI Treated by Delayed versus Immediate Stent in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics of participants with the two strategies.

Participants subjected to IS strategy ()Participants subjected to DS strategy () value

Age (years)0.134
Male sex107 (86.29)51 (94.44)0.113
Height (cm)0.391
Weight (kg)0.856
Hypertension0.151
 Normal or high normal81 (65.32)36 (66.67)
 Grade 118 (14.51)7 (12.96)
 Grade 26 (4.84)7 (12.96)
 Grade 320 (15.32)4 (7.41)
Diabetes mellitus14 (11.29)3 (5.56)0.231
MI history4 (3.23)3 (5.56)0.462
CAD family history4 (3.23)4 (7.41)0.216
Smoking0.958
 Never28 (22.58)12 (22.22)
 Quit12 (9.68)6 (11.11)
 Current or quitting less than 1 year84 (67.74)36 (56.25)
TG (mmol/L)0.168
TC (mmol/L)0.491
LDL-C (mmol/L)0.655
HDL-C (mmol/L)0.073
HGB (g/L)0.339
Onset to balloon (min)0.190
Door-to-balloon (min)0.418
Culprit vessel
 RCA66 (53.22)35 (64.81)0.151
 LAD77 (62.09)31 (57.40)0.556
 LCX55 (40.32)30 (55.56)0.060
Number of diseased vessels0.151
 179 (63.70)26 (54.55)
 222 (17.74)14 (25.92)
 323 (18.54)14 (25.92)
Killip class0.922
 I108 (87.09)46 (85.18)
 II8 (6.45)5 (9.26)
 III5 (4.32)2 (3.70)
 IV3 (2.42)1 (1.85)
β-Blocker used82 (66.12)40 (74.07)0.294

Data are shown as median (IQR) or (%). IS: immediate stenting; DS: delayed stenting; MI: myocardial infarction; CAD: coronary artery disease; TG: triglycerides; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HGB: hemoglobin; RCA: right coronary artery; LAD: left anterior descending artery; LCX: left circumflex artery.