Table 4

Clinical, angiographic and procedural multivariable predictors of long-term cardiac mortality

HR95% CIp Value
∆cQTD (per 20 ms decrease)1.4971.081 to 2.0750.015
Age (per 10 years increase)1.6721.039 to 2.6910.034
Diabetes2.6221.112 to 6.1840.028
Peak CK-MB (per 1 UNL increase)1.7981.063 to 3.0390.029
No. of treated lesions (per 1 lesion increase)2.0661.208 to 3.5320.008
Extension of CAD
 1-Vessel (reference)
 2-Vessel1.1390.374 to 3.467NS
 3-Vessel3.6261.079 to 12.1870.037
  • CAD, coronary artery disease; CK-MB, creatine kinase-MB; cQTD, corrected QT dispersion; UNL, upper normal limit (=19 ng/ml).