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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2021 Sep 22;135(2):202–210.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.08.028

Table 2.

In-hospital management of patients with type 1 versus type 2 MI during hospitalization for non-cardiac surgery.

No Perioperative Myocardial Infarction Type 1 Myocardial Infarction Type 2 Myocardial Infarction
(n=4716407) (n=22495) (n=16285) p-value *

Elective Surgical Hospitalization 2826042 (59.9%) 4835 (21.5%) 2510 (15.4%) <0.001

Primary Non-Cardiac Surgery Procedure <0.001
Orthopedic Surgery 2661628 (56.4%) 9025 (40.1%) 6950 (42.7%)
General Surgery 973950 (20.7%) 4955 (22%) 4340 (26.7%)
Vascular Surgery 308045 (6.5%) 4070 (18.1%) 2105 (12.9%)
Genitourinary Surgery 213115 (4.5%) 940 (4.2%) 545 (3.3%)
Neurosurgery 184825 (3.9%) 915 (4.1%) 500 (3.1%)
Thoracic Surgery 124115 (2.6%) 1960 (8.7%) 1305 (8%)
Gynecologic Surgery 119200 (2.5%) 120 (0.5%) 100 (0.6%)
Skin/Breast Surgery 52415 (1.1%) 160 (0.7%) 155 (1%)
Otolaryngology 28550 (0.6%) 105 (0.5%) 75 (0.5%)
Endocrine Surgery 23875 (0.5%) 65 (0.3%) 65 (0.4%)
Transplant Surgery 21545 (0.5%) 175 (0.8%) 145 (0.9%)
MI Management
Invasive Management 12455 (0.3%) 6485 (28.8%) 1085 (6.7%) <0.001
Diagnostic Catheterization 10875 (0.2%) 5610 (24.9%) 1050 (6.4%) <0.001
Coronary Revascularization 2805 (0.1%) 3360 (14.9%) 170 (1%) <0.001
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 1250 (0%) 2705 (12%) 165 (1%) <0.001
Respiratory Failure 290520 (6.2%) 10085 (44.8%) 7600 (46.7%) 0.11
Mechanical Ventilation 132865 (2.8%) 6340 (28.2%) 4290 (26.3%) 0.092
Any Shock 111135 (2.4%) 6040 (26.9%) 4750 (29.2%) 0.029
Cardiogenic Shock 6995 (0.1%) 2145 (9.5%) 610 (3.7%) <0.001
Septic Shock 68680 (1.5%) 3320 (14.8%) 3305 (20.3%) <0.001
Hypovolemic Shock 15180 (0.3%) 495 (2.2%) 570 (3.5%) <0.001
Vasopressor Use 42740 (0.9%) 1335 (5.9%) 1190 (7.3%) 0.032
*

P-value for the comparison of type 2 vs. type 1 MI.