Clinical characteristics | n † (%) |
---|---|
Previous angina | 62 (45) |
Previous acute MI | 32 (23) |
Mean time since MI in months (SD) | 29 (15.9) |
Risk factors | |
- Mean total cholesterol, mmol/L (SD) | 7.0 (1.4) |
- Hypertension | 53 (37) |
- Diabetes mellitus | 17 (13) |
- Overweight | 42 (39) |
- Family history of CAD | 59 (68) |
- Smoking habits | |
- Non-smoker | 68 (55) |
- Ex-smoker | 21 (17) |
- Current smoker | 34 (28) |
ECG | |
- Q waves | 63 (44) |
- ST-elevation | 77 (54) |
- Left bundle branch block | 1 (1) |
- ST-depression | 47 (33) |
- T-inversion | 15 (11) |
- Normal ECG | 6 (4) |
Mean max CK (SD) | 1099 (1000) |
Ejection fraction | |
- 60% | 78 (62) |
- 30–60 % | 45 (36) |
- < 30 % | 2 (2) |
Treatment | |
- Thrombolysis | 43 (31) |
- PCI | 3 (2) |
- CABG | 1 (1) |
- Medical treatment | 92 (66) |
Chest pain* | |
- Every day | 11 (8) |
- 3–4 times a week | 8 (6) |
- 1–2 times a week | 16 (11) |
- 1–2 times a month | 18 (13) |
- Seldom or never | 87 (62) |
CAD affected daily activities* | |
- To a very high degree | 8 (6) |
- To a high degree | 24 (17) |
- To a certain degree | 62 (44) |
- To some degree | 32 (23) |
- Not at all | 15 (10) |