13 September 2021 : Original article
Size of Acute Myocardial Infarction Correlates with Earlier Time of Initiation of Reperfusion Therapy with Cardiac Perfusion Scintigraphy: A National Single-Center Study
Hajdin Çitaku1ABCDF, Ramë Miftari23ACDEF*, David Stubljar4ACDF, Xhevdet Krasniqi56ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.933214
Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2021; 27:e933214
Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients at admission.
| Baseline data | N=80 |
|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (±SD) | 60.1±10.2 |
| Male (%) | 58 (72.5) |
| Female, (%) | 22 (27.5) |
| Hypertension, (%) | 53 (66.3) |
| Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 15 (25.9) |
| Dyslipidemia, (%) | 26 (32.5) |
| Smoking, (%) | 39 (48.75) |
| Family history of cardiovascular diseases, (%) | 23 (28.8) |
| Scintigraphic infarct size, median (range) | 23.0 (1.0–72.0) |
| Hemoglobin (g/L), mean (±SD) | 143.9±14.4 |
| Creatinine (umol/L), median (range) | 110.0 (59.0–156.0) |
| Creatine kinase-MB (IU/L), median (range) | 181.5 (9.0–1001.0) |
| Creatine kinase (IU/L), median (range) | 456.5 (20.0–4966.0) |
| Troponin (ng/mL), mean (±SD) | 236.8±65.76 |
| Anterior infarction, (%) | 42 (52.5%) |
| Culprit lesion, (%) | |
| RCA | 23 (28.8%) |
| LAD | 42 (52.5%) |
| LCX | 15 (18.8%) |
| Total ischemic time (min), median (range) | 800 (240–1040) |
| Time from FMC to pPCI (min), median (range) | 65 (21–570) |
| Time to infarct size assessment (days), median (range) | 5 (3–12) |