Table 4.
Etiology of Death in Patients With Baseline Catalytic Iron
| Cause of Death | Catalytic Iron Quartiles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (0.14‐0.31) (n = 456) | 2 (0.32‐0.38) (n = 459) | 3 (0.39‐0.47) (n = 389) | 4 (0.48‐84.5) (n = 417) | |
| Acute MI | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mechanical: CHF/pulmonary edema/cardiogenic shock/rupture | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Arrhythmia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stroke | ||||
| Ischemic | 1 | |||
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | |||
| Bleeding (not ICH) | 1 | |||
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total mortality | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Abbreviations: CHF, congestive heart failure; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; MI, myocardial infarction.
Arrhythmia is defined as witnessed arrhythmia and presumed sudden cardiac death; mechanical complications are defined as heart failure, cardiogenic shock, or cardiac rupture.