Table 1

Detailed procedural characteristics of patients who received coronary angiography for a STEMI presentation

Characteristicsn=124 (% population)
Route
 Radial95/124 (76.2)
 Femoral18/124 (13.9)
 Both routes11/124 (8.9)
Presenting blood pressure
 BP >180/11010/124 (8.1)
 BP <90/6011/124 (8.9)
LVEF
 >55%03/124 (3.2)
 50%–55%16/124 (12.1)
 35%–50%51/124 (40.3)
 20%–35%43/124 (34.6)
 <20%11/124 (8.87)
Presenting ECG
 Inferior STEMI48/124 (38.7)
 Anterior STEMI62/124 (50)
 Posterior STEMI2/124 (1.6)
 Lateral STEMI04/124 (3.8)
 BBB STEMI07/124 (5.6)
No culprit vessel17/124 (13.7)
Emergency CABG03/124 (2.4)
Culprit vessel107/124 (86.3)
 LMS04/107 (3.7)
 LAD46/107 (42)
 LCX11/107 (10.2)
 RCA36/107 (33.6)
 Multi vessel10/107 (9.3)
 Use of stents during PCI97/107 (78.9)
 IABP09/107 (8.4)
Postprocedural TIMI flow
 TIMI 009/107 (8.4)
 TIMI I05/107 (4.6)
 TIMI II04/107 (3.7)
 TIMI III89/107 (83.5)
  • BBB, bundle branch block; BP, blood pressure; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; LAD, left anterior descending; LCX, left circumflex; LMS, left main stem; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction; TIMI, Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction.