| 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%) |