Table 1 Patient demographics (124 patients)

Age (\(\stackrel{-}{x}\)±s, y)

67.35 ± 5.40

69.93 ± 7.93

1.45

0.17

Gender (M/F)

42/26

36/20

0.08

0.77

Chronic ischemic coronaropathy, n (%)

53 (77.9)

46 (82.1)

0.33

0.56

Smoke, n (%)

51 (75.0)

39 (69.6)

0.44

0.51

Hypertension, n (%)

49 (72.1)

35 (62.5)

1.28

0.26

Diabetes, n (%)

14 (20.1)

14 (25.0)

0.34

0.56

Rheumatic heart disease, n (%)

13 (19.1)

10 (17.9)

0.03

0.86

Rutherford stages

 IIa

33 (48.5)

23 (41.1)

0.69

0.40

 IIb

35 (51.4)

33 (58.9)

 Death within 30 days, n (%)

3 (4.4)

2 (3.5)

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