Table 1

Clinical and initial angiographic findings of the 27 patients who underwent successful angioplasty

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	LAD infarct portion	Stenosis severity (%)	Time to angioplasty (hours)	Peak CK (IU/l)	LV global ejection fraction (%)
CK, creatine kinase; F, female; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LV, left ventricular; M, male.
1	48	M	Mid	99	3.5	1080	54
2	50	M	Proximal	100	6	8377	31
3	75	M	Mid	99	5.5	1789	56
4	56	M	Proximal	90	3	1820	55
5	50	M	Mid	90	2	536	77
6	32	M	Mid	100	4	2240	50
7	68	M	Mid	100	4	7480	51
8	64	M	Proximal	100	8	4727	45
9	66	M	Proximal	100	3	1791	57
10	57	M	Proximal	90	5	1680	73
11	49	M	Mid	100	8	4530	56
12	75	F	Proximal	99	3	1254	75
13	77	M	Proximal	99	6	2136	55
14	70	M	Proximal	100	4.5	3875	56
15	65	M	Proximal	90	4	3540	55
16	68	M	Proximal	100	6	8790	30
17	67	F	Proximal	100	4	4045	54
18	59	M	Mid	99	4	4367	53
19	62	M	Proximal	100	3	3867	52
20	64	M	Mid	99	3	2569	68
21	50	M	Mid	90	2	1021	72
22	74	M	Mid	99	4	3475	54
23	45	M	Mid	100	5	3560	52
24	53	M	Proximal	99	3	2390	57
25	65	M	Proximal	100	3	4015	54
26	67	M	Proximal	100	5	7230	28
27	66	F	Mid	90	3	824	75
Mean (SD)	61 (11)				4.2 (2.5)	3445 (2288)	55 (12)