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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Feb 22;57(8):904–911. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.057

Table 2.

Patient presenting factors in the cardiogenic shock or ST segment myocardial infarction PCI cohort, overall and stratified by compassionate use.

Characteristic Compassionate Use
All (%) p-value§
No Yes

Number of Admissions 5492 96 5588

Female 1587 32 1619 (29) 0.364
Male 3905 64 3969 (71)

Age < 60 years 2813 37 2850 (51) 0.11
 61 – 70 years 1127 25 1152 (21)
 71 – 80 years 976 22 998 (18)
 > 80 years 576 12 588 (11)

Race: White 4816 77 4893 (88) 0.10
 African American 140 3 143 (2.6)
 Hispanic 161 5 166 (3.0)
 Other 346 11 357 (6.4)

Previous MI 937 24 961 (17) 0.055
 No Previous MI 4555 72 4627 (83)

Diabetes mellitus 1097 33 1130 (20) 0.0012
 No Diabetes mellitus 4395 63 4458 (80)

History of Renal Failure 226 15 241 (4) 0.00001
 No History of Renal Failure 5266 81 5347 (96)

Previous MI 937 24 961 (17) 0.055
 No Previous MI 4555 72 4627 (83)

History of CHF 311 14 325 (5.8) 0.0012
 No History of CHF 5181 82 5263 (94)

Cerebrovascular Disease 374 17 391 (7) 0.0003
 No Cerebrovascular Disease 5118 79 5197 (93)

Peripheral Vascular Disease 482 17 499 (9) 0.0057
 No Peripheral Vascular Disease 5010 79 5089 (91)

Chronic Lung Disease 586 16 602 (11) 0.0672
 No Chronic Lung Disease 4906 80 4986 (89)

Hypertension 3354 58 3412 (61) 0.9161
 No Hypertension 2138 38 2176 (39)

Current Smoker 2059 33 2092 (37) 0.5952
 Not a Current Smoker 3433 63 3496 (63)

Dyslipidemia 3478 48 3526 (63) 0.0101
 No Dyslipidemia 2013 48 2061 (37)

Previous PCI 813 9 822 (15) 0.1479
 No Previous PCI 4679 87 4766 (850

Previous CABG 248 10 258 (5) 0.0126
 No Previous CABG 5244 86 5330 (95)

Current CHF 834 48 882 (16) < 0.00001
 No Current CHF 4658 48 4706 (84)

Renal Failure/Dialysis 39 4 43 (1) 0.0060
 No Renal Failure/Dialysis 5453) 92 5545 (99)

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) < 0.00001
 Not Measured 2858 53 2911 (52)
 LVEF < 30% 433 25 458 (8.2)
 31% < LVEF ≤ 40% 510 8 518 (9.3)
 LVEF > 40% 1691 10 1701 (30)

Cardiogenic Shock 394 63 457 (8) < 0.00001
 No Cardiogenic Shock 5098 33 5131 (92)

STEMI 5175 80 5255 (94) 0.00015
 No STEMI 317 16 333 (6)

Status of PCI
 Elective/Urgent 332 1 333 (6) < 0.00001
 Emergent 5143 60 5203 (93)
 Salvage 17 35 52 (1)

Presence of LMCA lesion 268 76 5300 (95) < 0.00001
 No LMCA lesion 5224 20 288 (5.2)

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump 652 47 699 (13) < 0.00001
 No Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump 4840 49 4889 (87)

Successful Procedure 5176 76 5252 (94) < 0.00001
 Unsuccessful Procedure 316 20 336 (6)
§

All p-values use Fisher’s exact test with the exception of race, ejection fraction, and PCI status which use χ2 tests.

Notes:

MI = myocardial infarction

CHF = congestive heart failure

LMCA = left main coronary artery