Clinical Study
Renal Function in Relation to Cardiac 123I-MIBG Scintigraphy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
| | Overall | Ischemic | Nonischemic | value | | | | |
| | Age (years) | 64 ± 11 | 66 ± 10 | 61 ± 11 | 0.962 | | Female/Male | 15/24 | 6/17 | 7/9 | 0.057 | | NYHA class | | | | 0.351 | | II | 17 | 8 | 9 | | | III | 20 | 12 | 8 | | | IV | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | Medical history | | | | | | Myocardial infarction | 21 | 21 | 0 | <0.001 | | CABG | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.008 | | PCI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.078 | | Hypertension | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0.428 | | Diabetes Mellitus | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.727 | | Medication | | | | | | Loop diuretics | 37 | 22 | 8 | 0.791 | | ACE-I | 29 | 17 | 12 | 0.939 | | ARB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.778 | | Beta blockers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0.688 | | Amiodarone | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0.357 | | Digoxin | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0.312 | | Calcium channel blockers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.778 | | LVEF (%) | | | | 0.034 | | ECG | | | | | | QRS duration (msec) | 163 ± 43 | 167 ± 36 | 158 ± 54 | 0.564 | | LBBB | 32 | 21 | 11 | 0.116 | | RBBB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.418 | | AF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.700 |
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NYHA class: New-York Heart association functional classification of heart failure; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; ACE-I: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LBBB: left bundle branch block; RBBB: right bundle branch block; AF: atrial fibrillation.
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