13 August 2020 : Clinical Research
High versus Low Mechanical Index Imaging Diagnostic Ultrasound in Patients with Myocardial Infarction: A Therapeutic Application Study
Zongbao Niu1ABF, Xiaolan Lv1CDF, Jianhua Zhang2ABCF, Tianping Bao3DEF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923583
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923583
Table 4 Safety study.
| Ultrasound diagnosis | Cohorts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low acoustic energy | High acoustic energy | |||||
| Numbers of patients | 199 | P-value | 251 | *P-value | ||
| Characteristics | BP | AP | BP | AP | ||
| Heart rate (bpm) | 76±7 | 77±7 | 0.133 | 77±7 | 78±7 | 0.133 |
| % Oxygen saturation | 96±2 | 95.7±2 | 0.115 | 95.7±1.5 | 96±2 | 0.079 |
| BP – before percutaneous coronary interventions; AP – after percutaneous coronary interventions. Data are presented as mean±standard deviation (SD). The paired -test was performed for statistical analyses. * Comparisons between before and after percutaneous coronary interventions. | ||||||