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. 2022 Jul 18;182(9):926–933. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2735

Table. Baseline Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock and Propensity-Matched Patients Receiving an IABP or Intravascular LVAD.

Characteristic No. (%) P value Propensity-matched cohort
IABP (n = 2219) Intravascular LVAD (n = 858) No. (%) Standardized mean difference
IABP (n = 817) Intravascular LVAD (n = 817)
Demographics
Age, mean (SD), y 65.0 (12.5) 65.6 (12.6) .23 66.1 (12.7) 65.7 (125) −0.03
Sex
Female 643 (29) 242 (28) .68 218 (27) 231 (28) 0.04
Male 1576 (71) 616 (72) 599 (73) 586 (72)
Ratio of race and ethnicity at zip code level, mean (SD)
African American/Black 0.09 (0.2) 0.11 (0.2) <.001 0.10 (0.2) 0.11 (0.2) 0.03
Hispanic 0.12 (0.2) 0.12 (0.2) .99 0.12 (0.2) 0.12 (0.2) 0.01
White 0.80 (0.2) 0.77 (0.2) <.001 0.78 (0.2) 0.78 (0.2) 0.02
Health plan type
HMO 394 (18) 152 (18) .92 144 (18) 149 (18) 0.00
PPO 1592 (72) 620 (72) 591 (72) 587 (72)
Other 232 (11) 86 (10) 82 (10) 81 (10)
Geographic region
Northeast 368 (17) 100 (12) <.001 96 (12) 98 (12) 0.03
Midwest 678 (31) 212 (25) 202 (25) 208 (25)
South 604 (27) 301 (35) 280 (34) 284 (35)
West 497 (22) 219 (26) 223 (27) 212 (26)
Mean socioeconomic status index, %a 54.4 (5.8) 53.9 (5.8) .05 54.2 (5.8) 54.0 (5.8) 0.007
Year of index admission
2015 451 (20) 54 (6) <.001 58 (7) 53 (6) 0.06
2016 496 (22) 97 (12) 90 (11) 96 (12)
2017 451 (20) 174 (20) 178 (22) 171 (21)
2018 321 (14) 219 (25) 201 (25) 201 (24)
2019 383 (17) 246 (29) 224 (27) 230 (28)
2020 (Up to April 30) 117 (5) 68 (8) 66 (8) 66 (8)
Cardiac arrestb 685 (31) 301 (35) .022 285 (35) 288 (35) 0.007
Comorbidities
Charlson Comorbidity Index score, mean (SD) 1.5 (2.2) 1.9 (2.5) <.001 1.8 (2.3) 1.8 (2.4) 0.02
Hypertension 1157 (52) 485 (57) .02 457 (56) 459 (56) 0.00
Dyslipidemia 911 (41) 379 (44) .08 354 (43) 354 (43) 0.00
Diabetes mellitus 615 (28) 272 (32) .02 249 (30) 253 (31) 0.01
Tobacco use 303 (14) 131 (15) .26 119 (15) 121 (15) 0.01
Obesity 177 (8) 80 (9) .18 78 (10) 75 (9) −0.01
Previous PCI 44 (2) 21 (2) .10 21 (3) 18 (2) −0.02
Previous CABG <10 (<1)c <10 (1)c .15 <10 (<1)c <10 (<1)c 0.00
Heart failure 264 (12) 163 (19) <.001 147 (18) 143 (18) −0.01
Atrial fibrillation 154 (7) 88 (10) .002 82 (10) 79(10) 0.01
Cerebrovascular disease 189 (9) 83 (10) .36 84 (10) 78 (10) −0.02
Peripheral vascular disease 235 (11) 146 (17) <.001 123 (15) 125 (15) 0.01
Chronic lung disease 222 (10) 116 (14) .006 97 (12) 104 (13) 0.03
Cancer 189 (9) 66 (8) .65 60 (7) 63 (8) 0.01
Chronic kidney disease 271 (12) 154 (18) <.001 136 (17) 137 (17) 0.00

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; HMO, health maintenance organization; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PPO, preferred provider organization.

a

Based on zip code.

b

From first medical contact to the day of device implantation.

c

Groups with fewer than 10 patients are shown as “<10” to preserve patient confidentiality.