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. 2014 Mar;30(2):119–127.

Table 4. In-hospital cardiac events of all study patients .

Variable Uric acid ≤ 5.7 (n = 291) Uric acid > 5.7 (n = 143) p value
Cardiovascular mortality, n (%) 5 (1.7) 18 (12.6) < 0.001
Reinfarction, n (%) 18 (6.2) 7 (4.9) 0.6
Target-vessel revascularization, n (%) 18 (6.2) 7 (4.9) 0.6
MACE, n (%) 22 (7.6) 24 (16.8) 0.003
Stroke, n (%) 1 (0.3) 2 (1.4) 0.22
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, n (%) 6 (2.1) 22 (15.4) < 0.001
Dialysis, n (%) 1 (0.3) 2 (1.4) 0.22
Advanced heart failure, n (%) 13 (4.7) 30 (21) < 0.001
Cardiogenic shock, n (%) 7 (2.4) 20 (14) < 0.001
Inotropic agent usage,n (%) 13 (4.5) 23 (16.1) < 0.001
IABP usage, n (%) 5 (1.76) 12 (8.4) 0.001
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 04 (1.4) 7 (4.9) 0.03
Transient pace, n (%) 5 (1.7) 9 (6.3) 0.01
Gastrointestinal bleeding, n (%) 0 (0) 2 (1.4) 0.04
Blood transfusion 1 (0.3) 2 (1.4) 0.22
Ventilator necessity 5 (1.7) 16 (11.2) < 0.001
No-reflow phenomenon 45 (15.5) 48 (33.6) < 0.001
LVEF, % (SD) 49.2 ± 9.2 45 ± 11.1 < 0.001

IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MACE, major adverse cardiac events (cardiovascular mortality, reinfarction, target-vessel revascularization).