Table S1.
Baseline comorbidities | Definitions |
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Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia | Definitions of hypertension,1 diabetes,2 and dyslipidemia3 are conformed to current guidelines. |
Smoker | Smoker includes both previous and current smoker. |
Chronic kidney dysfunction (CKD) | CKD is defined as a known history of CKD based on patients’ medical records or an estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min calculated using CKD-EPI method.4 |
Congestive heart failure (CHF) | CHF is considered in patients with a history of heart failure or a measured left ventricular ejection fraction <40%. |
Vascular disease | Vascular disease is defined as a medical history of myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, intermittent claudication, or the surgery of peripheral vessels. |
Cardiac arrest | Cardiac arrest is defined as hemodynamic collapse from ventricular arrhythmias and impaired cardiac pumping function, where patients needed to be revived urgently with vasoactive medications or electrical defibrillation. |
Impaired mitral function | The impaired mitral function is considered if mitral regurgitation is evaluated as moderate or serious based on current guideline.5 |
Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney dysfunction; CHF, congestive heart failure.