Table 4.
Comparison of main comorbidities between patients with MI/MD who died in hospital or were discharged alive.
| Clinical Characteristics | Patients Discharged Alive (n = 689) |
Died (n = 65) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male gender | 200 (29%) | 41 (63%) | <0.0001 |
| Time to surgery (<48 h) |
510 (74%) | 46 (70%) | 0.383 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 179 (26%) | 25 (38%) | 0.02 |
| Creatinine clearance <30 mL/min |
103 (15%) | 24 (36%) | <0.0001 |
| Systolic pulmonary Pressure (>40 mmHg) |
205 (29%) | 20 (30%) | 0.88 |
| Coronary artery disease | 187 (27%) | 27 (41%) | 0.005 |
| Heart failure | 83 (10%) | 25 (38%) | <0.0001 |
| Basic activities of daily living ≤4 | 265 (38%) | 26 (40%) | 0.79 |
| Oral anticoagulation | 85 (11%) | 17 (26%) | 0.002 |
| Bleeding | 165 (21%) | 26 (40%) | <0.0001 |