Table 3

Procedural details, medications and clinical outcomes for patients with ischaemic MR presenting with anterior and inferior STEMI

VariableAnterior STEMIInferior STEMIp Value
InterventionPlain old ballon angioplasty (POBA) 29.5%
Bare metal stent (BMS) 49.7%
Drug eluting stent (DES) 21.8%
POBA 22%
BMS 59.3%
DES 18.2%
0.02*
DBT: median (IQR)104 (37 184)106 (40 168)0.5
Radial access0.3%0.3%0.8
GP IIB/IIIA inhibitors67.8%72.3%0.2
TIMI III result87.2%91.3%0.07
Residual stenosis >90%6.7%5%0.4
Blood transfusion24.2%20.1%0.2
RP bleed1.3%0.4%0.2
Haematoma5.7%3.8%0.2
Pseudoaneurysm1.8%0.9%0.3
AV fistula0.4%0.4%0.9
Acute kidney injury10.1%8.9%0.6
Emergency CABG2.7%3%0.8
LOS (days): median (IQR)5.3 (3.3–10.2)4 (3–8.6)0.005*
Aspirin (ASA) at discharge97.5%98.2%0.3
Statin at discharge88.2%87.6%0.4
β-blocker at discharge79.5%78.8%0.7
ACE inhibitors at discharge71.2%68%0.1
30-day mortality14.9%6.8%0.001*
1-year mortality26.4%14.3%<0.0001*
3-year mortality39.7%24.8%<0.0001*
  • *values have reached statistical significance

  • ASA, Aspirin; AV, arteriovenous; BMS, Bare metal stent; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; DBT, door-to-balloon time; DES, Drug eluting stent; GP, glycoprotein; LOS, length of hospital stay; MR, mitral regurgitation; POBA, Plain old ballon angioplasty; RP, retroperitoneal; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction; TIMI, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.