Long term outcome in the study group: baseline characteristics, coronary anatomy, and six week exercise variables in relation to events 15 years after the index infarction
| CABG/PTCA (n=58) | MI (n=40) | Death (n=44) | Re-angiography (n=40) | Stroke (n=26) | Event-free (n=29) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; ETT, exercise tolerance test six weeks after infarction; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; VD, vessel disease. | ||||||
| Men | 51 (39%) | 35 (27%) | 37 (25%) | 38 (29%) | 19 (15%) | 29 (22%) |
| Previous MI | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) | 0 |
| Smoking history | 48 (38%) | 35 (28%) | 39 (31%) | 33 (26%) | 23 (18%) | 23 (18%) |
| Q wave MI | 45 (39%) | 30 (26%) | 34 (30%) | 30 (26%) | 16 (14%) | 23 (20%) |
| Anterior MI | 19 (31%) | 13 (21%) | 23 (37%) | 9 (15%) | 9 (15%) | 11 (18%) |
| Treadmill exercise test (ETT) | ||||||
| Duration ≥15 minutes | 26 (30%) | 23 (27%) | 20 (23%) | 27 (31%) | 12 (14%) | 23 (27%) |
| ST depression | 11 (42%) | 8 (31%) | 3 (12%) | 8 (31%) | 5 (19%) | 5 (19%) |
| Angina | 27 (57%) | 11 (23%) | 14 (30%) | 11 (23%) | 7 (15%) | 6 (13%) |
| Angiographic findings | ||||||
| LVEF ≤40% | 10 (38%) | 5 (19%) | 11 (42%) | 5 (19%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (12%) |
| Normal coronaries | 0 | 1 (20%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (20%) | 3 (60%) |
| 1VD | 16 (25%) | 18 (28%) | 21 (32%) | 11 (17%) | 7 (11%) | 17 (26%) |
| 2VD | 21 (40%) | 13 (25%) | 13 (25%) | 19 (36%) | 11 (21%) | 7 (13%) |
| 3VD | 19 (79%) | 6 (25%) | 8 (33%) | 8 (33%) | 6 (26%) | 1 (4%) |
| Left main stem disease | 3 (100%) | 2 (67%) | 2 (67%) | 1 (33%) | 1 (33%) | 0 |