Research Article

Impact of Coronary Collateral Circulation on In-Hospital Death in Patients with Inferior ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Table 3

Clinical outcome according to presence and absence of CCC.

Outcome CCC value
Absent Present

RV infarction [ (%)]46 (31.2)16 (18.2)0.007
Cardiogenic shock [ (%)]22 (15)9 (10.2)0.005
Complete AV block [ (%)]28 (19)6 (6.8)0.01
VT/VF [ (%)]25 (17)5 (5.7)0.01
Death [ (%)]15 (10.2)2 (2.3)0.02

AV: atrioventricular; CCC: coronary collateral circulation; RV: right ventricular; VT/VF: ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation.