Table 2:
Frequencies and 3-year cumulative incidence for all-cause and cause-specific death
| Invasive strategy (N = 388) |
Conservative strategy (N = 389) |
Adjusted HR (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| All-cause death, n (%) | 94 (27.2) | 98 (27.8) | 1.02 (0.76–1.35) |
| Cause-specific death, n (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular cause of death | 49 (14.6) | 45 (12.6) | 1.13 (0.75–1.70) |
| Sudden cardiac death | 22 (6.5) | 22 (6.0) | 1.01 (0.56–1.83) |
| Heart failure/shock | 6 (1.7) | 6 (1.5) | 1.06 (0.34–3.34) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 5 (1.6) | 10 (3.2) | 0.53 (0.18–1.58) |
| Cardiovascular procedure | 6 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | 3.25 (0.62–17.10) |
| Other cardiovascular* | 10 (3.3) | 5 (1.5) | 2.06 (0.69–6.10) |
| Non-cardiovascular cause of death | 31 (8.4) | 28 (8.2) | 1.25 (0.75–2.09) |
| Malignancy | 10 (2.8) | 4 (1.3) | 3.43 (1.05–11.20) |
| Infection (includes sepsis) | 16 (4.7) | 16 (4.8) | 1.12 (0.56–2.24) |
| Renal | 1 (0.3) | 6 (1.7) | 0.18 (0.02–1.52) |
| Other† | 4 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 1.98 (0.33–11.70) |
| Undetermined cause of death | 14 (4.2) | 25 (6.9) | 0.57 (0.30–1.11) |
CI = confidence interval; CV = cardiovascular; HR = hazard ratio
*
Other cardiovascular death includes due to stroke and ischemic colitis.
†
Other includes hemorrhage not intracranial, non-cardiovascular surgery, pulmonary causes.