Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Clinical Studies
Rescue Angioplasty After Failed Thrombolysis: Technical and Clinical Outcomes in a Large Thrombolysis Trial
Allan M Ross, Conor F Lundergan, Steven C Rohrbeck, Deneane H Boyle, Marcel van den Brand, Christopher H Buller, David R Holmes Jr, Jonathan S Reiner and for the GUSTO-1 Angiographic Investigatorsa
Table 2
Table 2
Baseline Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Failed Thrombolysis With and Without Rescue Angioplasty legend
| Rescue PTCA Attempted (n = 198) | No Rescue PTCA Attempted (n = 266) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 59.6 (51.2, 68.7) | 60.4 (52.5, 69.0) | 0.45 |
| Male (%) | 76.3 | 81.1 | 0.20 |
| Anterior MI (%) | 38.9 | 35.5 | 0.45 |
| Time to treatment (h) | 3.3 (2.1, 4.3) | 3.3 (2.0, 4.1) | 0.99 |
| Entry Killip class >2 (%) | 4.6 | 2.3 | 0.17 |
| Entry systolic BP <100 mm Hg (%) | 11.1 | 6.4 | 0.07 |
| Previous MI (%) | 9.6 | 13.6 | 0.20 |
| Diabetes (%) | 17.2 | 9.4 | 0.01 |
↵legend Results in parentheses are 25th and 75th percentiles. BP = blood pressure; MI = myocardial infarction; PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
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