| Medical therapy (n = 54) | Revascularisation (n = 109) | p | |
| Age (average ± SD) | 72.2 ± 9.8 | 64.6 ± 10.7 | 0.001 |
| Sex, female (%) | 33.3 | 19.3 | 0.048 |
| Diabetes (%) | 46.3 | 40.4 | 0.471 |
| Dyslipidemia (%) | 61.8 | 62 | 0.909 |
| Arterial hypertension (%) | 68.5 | 63.4 | 0.559 |
| Smoking | 0.001 | ||
| Active | 11.1 | 22.9 | |
| Ex-smoker | 24.1 | 43.6 | |
| No | 64.8 | 33.9 | |
| Obesity (%) | 18.5 | 25.7 | 0.308 |
| History of MI (%) | 46.3 | 25.7 | 0.008 |
| History of angina (%) | 53.7 | 41.3 | 0.134 |
| Family history of HF (%) | 5.7 | 7.3 | 0.690 |
| History of stroke (%) | 1.9 | 4.6 | 0.383 |
| History of IC (%) | 18.5 | 6.4 | 0.017 |
| Peripheral artery disease (%) | 22.2 | 14.7 | 0.229 |
| Reduced EF (%) | 31.5 | 22 | 0.190 |
| Severity of LMCAD | 0.239 | ||
| CT > 90% | 9.3 | 17.4 | |
| CT: 71% - 90% | 18.5 | 22.9 | |
| CT: 50 - 70 | 72.2 | 59.6 | |
| Clinical instability (%) | 74.1 | 71.6 | 0.735 |
| Associated vessels | 0.012 | ||
| 3 vessels | 66.7 | 41.3 | |
| 2 vessels | 22.2 | 30.3 | |
| 1 vessel | 9.3 | 17.4 | |
| 0 vessels | 1.9 | 11 |