Research Article
Impact of Late Ventricular Arrhythmias on Cardiac Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Table 2
Angiographic findings of the patients with early VT/VF or late VT/VF.
| | Characteristics | Early VT/VF (n=92) | Late VT/VF (n=24) | p value |
| | LMT, n (%) | 7 (7.6) | 1 (4.2) | 0.12 | | LAD, n (%) | 40 (43) | 8 (33) | | LCX, n (%) | 4 (4.3) | 5 (21) | | RCA, n (%) | 41 (45) | 10 (42) | | Multivessel disease, n (%) | 36 (39) | 15 (63) | 0.063 | | CTO, n (%) | 5 (5.4) | 2 (8.3) | 0.63 | | Preprocedural TIMI flow | | | | | Grade 0, n (%) | 74 (80) | 19 (79) | 1 | | Grade I, n (%) | 4 (4.3) | 1 (4.2) | | Grade II, n (%) | 7 (7.6) | 2 (8.3) | | Grade III, n (%) | 7 (7.6) | 2 (8.3) | | Postprocedural TIMI flow | | | | | Grade 0, n (%) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 0.54 | | Grade I, n (%) | 2 (2.2) | 0 | | Grade II, n (%) | 7 (7.6) | 4 (17) | | Grade III, n (%) | 82 (89) | 20 (83) | | Aspiration, n (%) | 78 (72) | 20 (83) | 0.78 | | IABP, n (%) | 49 (53) | 13 (54) | 0.82 | | PCPS, n (%) | 16 (17) | 3 (13) | 0.76 |
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CTO: chronic total occlusion, IABP: Intra-aortic balloon pumping, LAD: left anterior descending coronary artery, LCX: left circumflex coronary artery, LMT: left main trunk, PCPS: percutaneous cardiopulmonary support, RCA: right coronary artery, TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction, VT/VF: ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.
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