Table 3.
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