Characteristics | Patients = 50 |
Age (mean ± SD, yrs) | 56 ± 10 |
Male, n (%) | 38 (76%) |
Cardiovascular risk | |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 27 (54%) |
Hypertension, n (%) | 20 (40%) |
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) | 16 (32%) |
Chronic kidney disease, n (%) | 1 (2%) |
Smoking or tobacco use, n (%) | 13 (26%) |
Family history of CAD, n (%) | 12 (24%) |
Previous MI, n (%) | 21 (24%) |
Cerebrovascular accident, n (%) | 2 (4%) |
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, n (%) | 1 (2%) |
Clinical presentation |
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Stable angina, n (%) | 18 (11.9%) |
Unstable angina, n (%) | 44 (29.1%) |
ST-elevated myocardial infarction, n (%) | 21 (42%) |
Non ST-elevated myocardial infarction, n (%) | 10 (20%) |
Silent ischemia, n (%) | 1 (2%) |
NYHA class | |
Class II, n (%) | 7 (14%) |
Class III, n (%) | 15 (30%) |
Class IV, n (%) | 28 (56%) |
LV systolic function | |
Normal, n (%) | 35 (70%) |
Borderline, n (%) | 4 (8%) |
Mild dysfunction, n (%) | 6 (12%) |
Moderate dysfunction, n (%) | 5 (10%) |