Table 3.

Most likely causes for Type 2 MI among HIV-infected individuals

Cause	Number, %
Sepsis/bacteremia	100, 35
Cocaine or other illicit drug induced	39, 14
Hypertensive urgency/emergency	28, 10
Respiratory failure	26, 9
Non-coronary cardiac*	23, 8
Other/unknown	16, 6
Hypotension**	15, 5
Procedure related***	12, 4
GI bleed	11, 4
Neurologic	6, 2
Overdose	5, 2
Anemia	4, 1
Rhabdomyolysis	3, 1

^*Non-coronary cardiac causes include non-atherosclerotic causes such as related to a congestive heart failure and cardiac tumor

^**Hypotension not due to sepsis, GI bleed, overdose or other listed causes

^***These are not cardiac procedures (which typically get classified as a Type 4 MI), instead these are events that occur in the setting of surgeries such as abdominal surgery and lower extremity amputation