Patient characteristics
| Age, median years (25th, 75th centiles) | 58 (51, 64) |
| Women, n (%) | 9 (15) |
| Mechanical reperfusion, n (%) | |
| Stent | 46 (77) |
| Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty | 14 (23) |
| Time from symptom onset to reperfusion, median hours (25th, 75th centiles) | 8 (3, 17) |
| Peak creatine kinase, median IU (25th, 75th centiles) | 825 (426, 1410) |
| Infarct related artery, n (%) | |
| Left anterior descending coronary artery | 29 (48) |
| Right coronary artery | 25 (42) |
| Left circumflex coronary artery | 6 (10) |
| Multivessel disease, n (%) | 36 (60) |
| Q wave infarction, n (%) | 49 (82) |
| Arterial hypertension, n (%) | 34 (57) |
| Hypercholesterolaemia, n (%) | 39 (65) |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 10 (17) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 39 (65) |
| β Blocker medication at follow up, n (%) | 57 (95) |