Tab. 2.
Comparison of clinical characteristics between patients with and without takotsubo cardiomyopathy in 8,413 patients admitted with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
| Patients without takotsubo cardiomyopathy (n = 8,371) |
Patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy (n = 42) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 63 ± 13 | 66 ± 13 | 0.13 | |
| Gender (women) | 2,285 (27 %) | 34 (81 %) | <0.001 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28 ± 13 | 25 ± 4 | 0.22 | |
| History of | MI | 850 (10 %) | 3 (7 %) | 0.54 |
| CABG | 291 (4 %) | 0 (0 %) | 0.23 | |
| PCI | 769 (9 %) | 1 (2 %) | 0.13 | |
| Stroke | 261 (3 %) | 2 (5 %) | 0.53 | |
| Diabetes | 963 (12 %) | 3 (7 %) | 0.40 | |
| Hypertension | 2,999 (36 %) | 12 (29 %) | 0.35 | |
| Positive family history | 3,113 (39 %) | 10 (25 %) | 0.08 | |
| Smoking (ever) | 3,477 (43 %) | 5 (12 %) | <0.001 | |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 1,792 (22 %) | 6 (15 %) | 0.24 | |
| Killip class ≥2 on admission | 582 (8 %) | 3 (9 %) | 0.80 | |
| Hospital stay (days) | 4 ± 7 | 3 ± 3 | 0.21 | |
| Heart rate (min) | 76 ± 21 | 83 ± 15 | 0.04 | |
| Systolic BP on admission (mmHg) | 133 ± 27 | 135 ± 29 | 0.47 | |
| Diastolic BP on admission (mmHg) | 76 ± 19 | 80 ± 15 | 0.90 | |
BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, MI myocardial infarction, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention