Table 4. Distrubution of the endpoints for 89 out of 440 patients that occurred within 30 days after hospitalization*1.
Endpoint | n (%) |
Cardiac endpoint | 35 (39.3) |
Myocardial infarction | 5 (5.6) |
Cardioversion for atrial fibrillation | 2 (2.2) |
Pacemaker/ICD implantation | 12 (13.5) |
Resuscitation | 2 (2.2) |
Valve defects/stenosis (requires OP) | 3 (3.4) |
Ventricular tachycardia | 4 (4.5) |
Percutaneous coronary intervention or requirement for coronary artery bypass intervention | 4 (4.5) |
Absolute tachyarrhythmia without cardioversion (only with tachycardia-induced heart failure) | 2 (2.2) |
Supraventricular tachycardia | 1 (1.1) |
Non-cardiac endpoint | 41 (46.1) |
Endoscopy with intervention | 7 (7.9) |
Blood transfusion | 8 (9) |
Carotid operation | 0 (0) |
Pulmonary embolism | 0 (0) |
Stroke (recent ischemic or hemorrhagic insult) | 5 (5.6) |
Traumatic brain injury | 4 (4.5) |
Severe infection | 17 (19.1) |
Other endpoints | 13 (14.6) |
Re-admittance within 30 days | 2 (2.2) |
Other life-threatening conditions | 11 (12.4) |
Sudden death | 0 (0) |
*1Endpoints are divided into the groups "cardiac endpoints," "non-cardiac endpoints," and "other endpoints"