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. 2021 Jan 6;32:100708. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100708

Table 2.

Parameters of patients who were still alive vs. patients, who died during follow-up.

Alive Died P
N = 65 N = 42
Age* (years) 68 (11) 70 (10) 0.35
BMI* (kg/m2) 24.5 (4.2) 25.4 (4.0) 0.31
Female 92% (60) 78.5% (33) 0.04
Male 8% (5) 21% (9)
HR > 90 bpm 31% (20) 41% (17) 0.36
RR systolic < 90 mmHg 3% (2) 12% (5) 0.10
HR > 90 bpm & RR systolic < 90 mmHg 2% (1) 7% (3) 0.17
Laboratory Measurements
Troponin I (ng/ml) admission* 2.18 (3.78) 2.39 (5.16) 0.81
Troponin I (ng/ml) maximum* 6.19 (12.90) 9.94 (23.35) 0.30
Creatinkinase (U/l) on admission * 206 (187) 452(833) 0.025
Creatin (U/l) maximum * 421 (745) 930 (1816) 0.049
Hemoglobin (g/dl) * 13.5 (1.4) 12.4 (2.1) 0.04
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    Anemia

 11% (7) 38% (16) <0.001
Leukocytes 10.3 (5.3) 12.3 (6.4) 0.09
Echocardiography
EF on admission* (%) 36 (10) 31 (12) 0.45
EF prior discharge* (%) 46 (11) 41 (9) 0.06
Laevocardiography
EF angio (%) 36 (12) 34 (13) 0.21
Typical contraction pattern 66 (43) 79 (33) 0.17
Indication for angiography 0.004
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    STEMI

 19% (12) 21% (9)
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    NSTEMI

 62% (40) 38% (16)
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    Unstable AP

 11% (7) 14% (6)
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    Heart Failure

 9% (6) 7% (3)
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    CPR

 0% (0) 18% (8)
Identifyable trigger 57% (37) 74% (31) 0.08
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    Emotional

 15% (10) 10% (4) 0.07
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    Physical

 42% (27) 64% (27)
Carcinoma 2% (1) 14% (6) 0.009
Re-TTS 11% (7) 7% (3) 0.53

*Mean (standard deviation); BMI, body mass index; HR, heart rate; RR, blood pressure; EF, ejection fraction; STEMI, st-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non-st-segment elevation myocardial infarction; AP, angina pectoris; TTS, tako-tsubo-syndrome.