Research Article

Intracoronary Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Improve Short-Term Mortality and Reinfarction in East Asian Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction after Thrombus Aspiration: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Baseline and procedural characteristics in 7 reported studies.

CharacteristicsLiu XY(2013)Liu CP(2013)Chen CW(2013)Huang S(2013)Huang WG(2010)Jia XG(2009)Wang XM(2012)
(n=40)(n=40)(n=28)(n=23)(n=44)(n=46)(n=31)(n=96)(n=42)(n=42)(n=36)(n=32)(n=32)(n=32)

Mean Age (years)64.566.75957626152.651.768.768.367.468.264.965.4

Male (n,% )--26 (92.6%)20 (87.0%)26(59.1%)28(60.7%)25(80.6%)78(81.3%)31(73.8%)29(69.5%)25(69.4%)22(68.8%)23(72%)25(78.%)

Hypertension (n,% )--13 (46.4%)13 (56.5%)23(52.3%)25(54.3%)20(64.5%)59(61.5%)32(76.2%)30(71.4%)18(50.0%)17(53.1%)22(69%)20(63%)

DM (n,% )--7(25.0%)5(21.7%)18(40.9%)18(39.1%)6(19.4%)17(17.7%)20(47.6%)22(52.4%)20(55.6%)18(56.3%)6(19%)5(16%)

Hypercholesterolemia (n,% )--9(32.1%)7(30.4%)20(45.5%)24(52.2%)17(54.8%)51(53.3%)--8(22.2%)6(18.8%)14(44%)10(31%)

Current smoker (n,% )--16(57.1%)13(56.5%)17(38.6%)18(39.1%)21(67.7%)62(64.5%)--15(41.7%)13(40.6%)20(63%)16(50%)

Infarct location, anterior/inferior and posterior wall (n)23/1724/1611/1712/1122/2224/22--20/2218/2410/269/23--

Postoperative TIMI grade 3 flow (n,% )36(90.0%)33(82.5%)27(96.4%)18(78.3%)41(93.2%)36(78.3%)29(93.5%)65(64.6%)39(92.9%)31(73.8%)33(91.7%)25(78.1%)30(94%)23(72%)

Postoperative LVEF in hospital or follow-up (%)53.645.6575351.248.2556.755.858.246.855.250.259.345.8

: the group for intracoronary glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors after thrombus aspiration; : the group for percutaneous coronary interventions alone; DM: diabetes mellitus; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction trial.