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Table 3 Histopathological characteristics of coronary-artery thrombi from initial findings on coronary angiography in 50 hyperglycemic and 50 normo-glycemic PS-matched patients undergoing thrombus aspiration

From: Thrombus aspiration in hyperglycemic ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients: clinical outcomes at 1-year follow-up

Characteristics of the thrombus

Hyperglycemic patients

Normo-glycemic patients

P

Dimension (largest) (mm)

8.9 ± 2.7

2.2 ± 1.2*

0.001

Dimension (length) (mm)

34 ± 2.9

11 ± 0.8

 

Fibrin (%)

38.6 ± 11.1

62.4 ± 15.6*

0.001

Platelet (%)

11.3 ± 6.2

12.5 ± 3.2

0.001

CD68 (%)

24.7 ± 4.9

9.1 ± 3.2*

0.001

TNF-α (pg/mg)

44.7 ± 12.1

19.3 ± 10.5*

0.001

MMP-9 (µg/mg)

16.9 ± 4.4

6.2 ± 1.6*

0.001

Nitrotyrosine (nmol/pg)

2.5 ± 0.21

1.1 ± 0.24

0.001

  1. *statisticaly significant (P value <0.05)
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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