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Table 2 Baseline angiographic and echocardiographic characteristics

From: Echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness is a predictor for target vessel revascularization in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Variables

EAT ≥ 3.5 mm

EAT < 3.5 mm

P value

(n = 350)

(n = 411)

Culprit lesion

 LAD, n (%)

193 (55)

224 (55)

0.86

 LCX, n (%)

32 (9)

30 (7)

0.355

 RCA, n (%)

124 (35)

153 (37)

0.608

 LM, n (%)

0 (0)

4 (1)

0.045

Coronary Artery Disease

 1 vessel disease, n (%)

145 (41)

191 (46)

0.163

 2 vessel disease, n (%)

118 (34)

128 (31)

0.451

 3 vessel disease, n (%)

87 (25)

92 (22)

0.423

PCI

 BMS, n (%)

68 (19)

77 (19)

0.566

 DES, n (%)

276 (79)

331 (81)

0.808

Echocardiographic findings

 LVEDD (mm)

50 ± 5

50 ± 5

0.159

 LVESD (mm)

34 ± 6

34 ± 6

0.3

 LVEDV (mL)

87 ± 19

88 ± 23

0.789

 LVESV (mL)

45 ± 14

45 ± 14

0.885

 LVMI (g/m2)

115 ± 28

114 ± 32

0.554

 LVEF (%)

52 ± 10

51 ± 10

0.861

 WMSI

1.51 ± 0.34

1.52 ± 0.34

0.751

 Ischemic MR, n (%)

8 (2)

7 (2)

0.565

  1. EAT epicardial adipose tissue, LAD left anterior descending artery, LCX left circumflex artery, RCA right coronary artery, LM left main artery, PCI primary coronary intervention, BMS bare metal stent, DES drug eluting stent, LVEDD left ventricular end diastolic dimension, LVESD left ventricular end systolic dimension, LVEDV left ventricular end diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end systolic volume, LVMI left ventricular mass index, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, WMSI wall motion score index, MR mitral regurgitation