Table 2.
Comparison of the study population in terms of prognostic end-points according to the presence of ECG findings such as fragmented QRS (fQRS), T wave inversion (negT), and pathologic Q waves (patQ).
| fQRS(+) (n:42) |
fQRS(−) (n:72) |
p value | negT (+) (n:31) |
negT (−) (n:83) |
p value | patQ (+) (n:13) |
patQ (−) (n:101) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration of hospital stay, (days) | 14.0 ± 8.3 | 7.5 ± 4.0 | <0.01 | 9.1 ± 8.8 | 10.3 ± 5.0 | 0,13 | 11.4 ± 6.4 | 9.7 ± 4.3 | 0.08 |
| Need for ICU treatment, n (%) | 15 (35.7) | 4 (5.5) | <0.01 | 5 (16.1) | 14 (16.8) | 0,71 | 2 (15.3) | 17 (16.8) | 0.16 |
| All-cause mortality, n (%) | 14 (33.3) | 6 (8.3) | <0.01 | 6 (19.3) | 14 (16.8) | 0.19 | 2 (15.3) | 18 (17.8) | 0.14 |
| Cardiac mortality, n (%) | 6 (14.2) | 3 (4.1) | <0.01 | 3 (9.6) | 6 (7.2) | 0.12 | 1 (7.6) | 8 (7.9) | 0.90 |
ICU: intensive care unit; fQRS: fragmented QRS; negT: T wave inversion; patQ: pathologic Q waves.