Infarction parameters

PCI with nitrate

(212)

PCI without nitrate

(100)

P value

USAP/NSTEMI (%)/STEMI (%)

66.5/33.5

43/57

< 0.001

Intracoronary nitrate (mcg)

198 ± 14

-

-

Culprit lesion artery (%)

    LAD or branch

    Cx or branch

    RCA or branch

49.5

21.2

29.2

33.7

40

26.3

NS

Stent type (%)

    BMS/DES

9.9/80.2

28.7/64.9

< 0.001

Pre-dilatation (%)

74.4

77

NS

Post-dilatation (%)

20.8

20.4

NS

Recurrent dilatations (%)

5.7

12.2

0.044

Lesion type (1-4) (%)

A

B1

B2

C

0.6

31.9

55.2

12.3

1.1

25.3

69

4.6

NS

CK-MB (ng/mL) (Admission)

31 ± 58

23 ± 54

NS

CK-MB (ng/mL) (peak)

65 ± 85

113 ± 119

< 0.001

CK-MB (ng/mL) (delta)

34 ± 66

89 ± 111

< 0.001

Troponin I (ng/mL) (Admission)

6.8 ± 13

5.8 ± 13

NS

Troponin I (ng/mL) (peak)

20.4 ± 20

28 ± 22

0.003

Troponin I (ng/mL) (delta)

13.6 ± 17.9

22 ± 21

0.001

Pain to balloon time (minutes)

76 ± 206

97 ± 302

NS

Thrombus grade

2.96 ± 1.51

3.95 ± 1.40

< 0.001

Rentrop score

0.1 ± 0.4

0.1 ± 0.3

NS

MBG

2.2 ± 0.9

1.84 ± 1.0

0.007

TFC, pre-PCI

18 ± 8.8

16 ± 6.7

NS

TFC, post-PCI

15 ± 9

16 ± 12

NS

TIMI flow, pre-PCI

2.04 ± 1.29

1.19 ± 1.34

< 0.001

TIMI flow, post-PCI

2.92 ± 0.33

2.75 ± 0.61

0.011

Deployed stent diameter (mm)

2.88 ± 0.29

3.07 ± 0.45

< 0.001

Deployed stent length (mm)

26 ± 12

25 ± 12

NS

Lesion length

17.5 ± 7.3

18.0 ± 8.6

NS

Min. LD

0.79 ± 0.53

1.02 ± 0.61

0.024

Max. LD

2.89 ± 0.46

3.20 ± 0.44

< 0.001

Mean LD

1.84 ± 0.40

2.11 ± 0.44

0.001

Proximal RD

2.86 ± 0.43

3.15 ± 0.39

< 0.001

Distal RD

2.57 ± 0.47

2.96 ± 0.48

< 0.001

Lesion severity (%)

76 ± 20

78 ± 19

NS

Number of significant vessel

1.19 ± 0.47

1.11 ± 0.39

NS