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