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Table 1 Baseline characteristics in ischemic and non-ischemic patients

From: Improvement in circulating endothelial progenitor cells pool after cardiac resynchronization therapy: increasing the list of benefits

 

Ischemic etiology (n = 11)

Non-ischemic etiology (n = 39)

p value

Age (years)a

61.5 ± 9.4

61.8 ± 10.9

0.920

Male gender (%)a

100.0

53.8

0.004

Years since diagnosisa

7.4 ± 5.3

5.8 ± 6.0

0.455

NYHAa

2.9 ± 0.3

3.1 ± 0.5

0.390

HR (beats/min)a

60.5 ± 7.4

72.8 ± 15.0

0.032

QRS (ms)a

130.0 ± 16.3

147.7 ± 31.1

0.093

Diabetes (%)

36.4

18.4

0.209

CKD (%)

10.0

19.4

0.497

Hypertension (%)

55.6

26.5

0.098

Hyperlipidemia (%)

80.0

40.0

0.026

Statin (%)

90.9

50.0

0.016

Acetylsalicylic acid (%)

72.7

21.9

0.002

ACE-inhibitor (%)

72.7

71.9

0.958

AT-1 blocker (%)

9.1

15.6

0.600

Beta-blocker (%)

90.9

87.5

0.768

Spironolactone (%)

45.5

65.6

0.248

Furosemide (%)

90.9

100.0

0.088

Ivabradine (%)

9.1

15.6

0.600

Digoxin (%)

36.4

34.4

0.908

LVESV (mL)a

157.7 ± 35.0

200.1 ± 98.5

0.193

LVEDV (mL)a

218.3 ± 37.9

250.1 ± 106.2

0.363

LVEF (%)a

26.5 ± 6.3

22.3 ± 6.8

0.078

BNP (pg/mL)a

381.1 ± 330.5

550.0 ± 602.5

0.458

CRT-D versus CRT-P (%)

100.0/0.0

81.3/18.8

0.308

  1. aMean ± standard deviation
  2. ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme, CKD chronic kidney disease, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, CRT-D cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator, CRT-P cardiac resynchronization therapy-pacemaker, HR heart rate, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, NYHA New York Heart Association