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Table 2: Clinical characteristics of patients before surgery. |
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Patients, |
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Type of infarction |
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STEMI |
26 (96.30) |
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Non-STEMI |
1 (3.70) |
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Location of the infarct |
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Anterior |
18 (66.67) |
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Inferior |
9 (33.33) |
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Treatment upon hospital admission |
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Conservative |
23 (85.19) |
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Thrombolysis |
3 (11.11) |
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PCI |
1 (3.70) |
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Coronary lesions |
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Main vessel disease |
13 (48.15) |
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AD |
7 (53.85) |
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DC |
4 (30.77) |
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CX |
2 (15.38) |
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Two-vessel disease |
5 (18.52) |
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Tri-vascular disease |
4 (14.81) |
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MVAD |
5 (18.52) |
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No. of short circuits |
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Simple |
27 (100) |
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Apical |
7 (25.93) |
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Anterior |
12 (44.44) |
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Posterior |
6 (22.22) |
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Middle segment |
2 (7.41) |
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Complexes |
0 |
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LVEF (%) |
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< 30 |
5 (18.52) |
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31-50 |
16 (59.26) |
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> 50 |
6 (22.22) |
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Complications associated with PVSR |
15 (55.56) |
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Cardiogenic shock |
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Arrhythmias |
3 (11.11) |
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Ventricular tachycardia |
1 (33.33) |
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AVB |
2 (66.67) |
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STEMI = ST-segment elevation, PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention, AD = anterior descending, DC = descending coronary; CX = circumflex, MVAD = multivessel atheromatous disease, LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction, PVSR = postinfarction ventricular septal rupture, AVB = atrioventricular block. |
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