Table 2:

Clinical management during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction according to the presence of previously diagnosed anemia and/or heart failure

Anemia/Heart failure	0/0	+/0	0/+	+/+
Diagnostic/Interventional Procedures	(n=2,300)	(n=382)	(n=837)	(n=344)
Cardiac catheterization	60.0%	38.5%	37.5%	26.5%**
Coronary artery bypass grafting	7.5%	4.7%	4.4%	1.2%**
Percutaneous coronary intervention	40.2%	23.3%	21.4%	16.0%**
Medications
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/Angiotensin receptor blockers	67.0%	59.7%	69.1%	64.8%*
Aspirin	93.4%	86.9%	89.4%	88.1%**
Beta blockers	90.0%	90.8%	87.0%	87.5%*
Lipid lowering medications	74.7%	73.8%	65.7%	66.9%**
Cumulative number of cardiac medications
Any 2 medications	18.4%	22.3%	22.1%	25.9%*
Any 3 medications	30.6%	30.1%	32.9%	29.4%
All 4 medications	51.0%	47.6%	45.0%	44.8%*

^*P<.01;

^**P<.001