Table 2.
Clinical outcomes among different categories of myocardial damage according to the criteria stated in the Fourth Definition of Myocardial Infarction.
| Variable | All patients (n = 918) |
hsTnI < LD (n = 231) |
LD < hsTnI < URL (n = 497) | M. injury (n = 190) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE (%) | 59 (6.4) | 4 (1.7) | 25 (5.0) | 30 (15.8) | <0.001 |
| DVT (%) | 12 (1.3) | 2 (0.9) | 4 (0.8) | 6 (3.2) | 0.057 |
| ACS (%) | 5 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (2.1) | 0.013 |
| TIA/stroke (%) | 10 (1.1) | 2 (0.9) | 4 (0.8) | 4 (2.1) | 0.350 |
| PAE (%) | 9 (1.0) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 5 (2.6) | 0.041 |
| Major bleeding (%) | 16 (1.7) | 1 (0.4) | 6 (1.2) | 9 (5.7) | 0.003 |
| Arrhythmias (%) | 76 (8.3) | 3 (1.3) | 30 (6.0) | 43 (22.6) | <0.001 |
| Heart failure (%) | 36 (3.9) | 1 (0.4) | 19 (3.8) | 16 (8.4) | <0.001 |
| Mechanical ventilation (%) | 155 (16.9) | 4 (1.7) | 54 (10.9) | 97 (51.1) | <0.001 |
| Death (%) | 184 (20.0) | 6 (2.6) | 79 (15.9) | 99 (52.1) | <0.001 |
Abbreviatures: PE: pulmonary embolism; DVT: deep vein thrombosis; ACS: acute coronary syndrome; TIA: transient ischemic attack; PAD: peripheral arterial events.