Table 2

Procedural details of patients with confirmed STEMI

CharacteristicNo supplemental oxygen exposure
N=128
Low supplemental oxygen exposure
N=105
Moderate supplemental oxygen exposure
N=104
High supplemental oxygen exposure
N=104
p Value
Status on arrival at the catheterisation laboratory
 Oxygen saturation, median (IQR)98 (97, 99)98 (96, 100)100 (98, 100)100 (99, 100)<0.001
 Oxygen being administered, n (%)055 (52.4)85 (81.7)100 (96.2)<0.001
 Oxygen flow rate (L/min), median (IQR)06 (4, 8)8 (6, 8)8 (6, 8)<0.001
 Preintervention oxygen duration in minutes, median (IQR)*058 (49, 74)82 (62, 93)85 (68, 101)<0.001
 Inotrope use, n (%)4 (3.1)5 (4.8)6 (5.8)8 (7.7)0.47
 Killip class ≥II, n (%)13 (10.7)9 (9.1)8 (8.2)20 (19.4)0.05
Extent of coronary disease, n (%)
 LAD culprit artery38 (30.2)37 (35.6)39 (38.2)42 (40.8)0.37
 Multivessel disease76 (59.4)62 (59.0)56 (54.4)67 (64.4)0.54
 LMCA involvement4 (3.1)3 (2.9)5 (4.9)4 (3.8)0.87
Procedural details, n (%)
 Preprocedural TIMI flow 0/1106 (84.8)92 (92.0)92 (90.2)92 (88.5)0.36
 Postprocedural TIMI flow 2/3122 (96.8)98 (95.1)100 (100.0)99 (96.1)0.21
 Radial intervention44 (34.6)34 (32.4)29 (28.2)40 (38.5)0.46
 Stent implanted118 (92.2)91 (86.7)98 (94.2)96 (92.3)0.24
 Drug-eluting stent65 (50.8)50 (47.6)61 (58.7)50 (48.1)0.35
 Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor45 (35.2)42 (40.0)45 (43.3)55 (52.9)0.05
 Thrombus aspiration59 (46.1)44 (41.9)53 (51.0)56 (53.8)0.32
 Intra-aortic balloon pump4 (3.1)3 (2.9)4 (3.8)8 (7.7)0.27
 CABG2 (1.6)7 (6.7)1 (1.0)4 (3.8)0.07
Symptom-to-intervention time, median (IQR)158 (128, 245)159 (124, 213)154 (124, 223)159 (128, 227)0.80
Door-to-intervention time, median (IQR)54 (40, 70)52 (35, 66)56 (40, 69)58 (44, 70)0.32
Length of stay (days), median (IQR)4 (3, 5)4 (3, 5)4 (4, 5)5 (4, 6)<0.001
  • *Duration on oxygen therapy from randomisation to first procedural intervention (eg, aspiration, ballooning) measured in patients who received oxygen therapy.

  • CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; LAD, left anterior descending; LMCA, left main coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.