Balloon Deflation Strategy during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial and Numerical Simulation-Based Analysis
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Rapid deflation, n = 105
Slow deflation, n = 106
Age (years)
62.9 ± 13.7
61.2 ± 10.9
0.322
Male (gender)
84 (80.0)
92 (86.8)
0.185
BMI (kg/m2)
24.7 ± 2.2
24.4 ± 2.4
0.332
SBP (mmHg)
125 ± 25
124 ± 19
0.740
DBP (kg/m2)
76 ± 12
75 ± 11
0.656
Oxygen saturation (%)
97.9 ± 1.9
98.3 ± 1.7
0.216
Hemoglobin (g/l)
135.7 ± 16.8
137.5 ± 16.1
0.433
BNP (pg/ml)
190 ± 229
160 ± 146
0.267
Hypertension
62 (59.0)
57 (53.8)
0.468
Hyperlipoidemia
34 (32.4)
28 (26.4)
0.544
Diabetes
20 (19.0)
21 (19.8)
0.889
Smoking
55 (52.4)
59 (55.7)
0.631
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)
59.5 + 8.8
60.4.9 + 8.6
0.455
Data are presented as mean ± SD or number (%) of subjects. BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide.
