Research Article
Plasma Chemerin Levels Are Increased in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients with High Thrombus Burden
Table 3
The characteristics of STEMI patients according to their thrombus burden.
| | Low thrombus burden (grade 0–3)
| High thrombus burden (grade 4–5)
| value |
| Age (years) | 58.9 ± 7.3 | 59.7 ± 9.1 | 0.641 | Sex (male) | 28 (%62.2) | 33 (%63.5) | 0. 900 | Hypertension | 28 (%62.2) | 38 (%73.1) | 0.253 | Diabetes mellitus | 8 (%17.8) | 12 (%23.1) | 0.520 | Hyperlipidemia | 18 (%40.0) | 23 (%44.2) | 0.674 | Smoking | 24 (%53.3) | 27 (%51.9) | 0.890 | LVEF (%) | 53.5 ± 7.7 | 50.4 ± 8.2 | 0.066 | Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.9 ± 0.4 | 0.9 ± 0.4 | 0.392 | Peak CK-MB level (IU/L) | 111.2 ± 67.1 | 141.4 ± 79.4 | 0.045 | CRP (mg/L) | 9.8 ± 4.1 | 12.2 ± 5.8 | 0.022 | Serum chemerin level (ng/ml) | 451.3 ± 101.2 | 581.5 ± 173.7 | <0.001 |
| Angiographic characteristics | | | | Culprit lesion | | | | LAD | 9 (20.0%) | 12 (23.1%) | | Cx | 16 (35.6%) | 21 (40.4%) | 0.731 | RCA | 20 (44.4%) | 19 (36.5%) | | TIMI thrombus grade | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 4.4 ± 0.5 | <0.001 | TIMI flow before primary PCI | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 0.401 | TIMI flow after primary PCI | 2.7 ± 0.5 | 2.4 ± 0.7 | 0.022 | Post-PCI TIMI frame count | 31.3 ± 10.8 | 37.1 ± 14.6 | 0.031 | Gensini score | 58.3 ± 14.5 | 60.1 ± 15.7 | 0.549 |
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