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. 2022 Oct 10;11(19):5964. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195964

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes in the overall population and according to the presence or absence of myocardial injury during the index hospitalization for COVID-19.

Characteristics Overall
Population
(n = 701)
Presence of Myocardial Injury
(n = 75)
Absence of Myocardial Injury
(n = 626)
p Value
All-cause mortality [n, (%)] 54 (7.7) 16 (21.3) 38 (6.1) <0.001
MACCE [n, (%)] 47 (6.7) 19 (25.3) 28 (4.5) <0.001
  CV death [n, (%)] 19 (2.7) 10 (13.3) 9 (1.4) <0.001
  IHD [n, (%)] 11 (1.6) 5 (6.7) 6 (1.0) <0.001
  Stroke/TIA [n, (%)] 12 (1.7) 1 (1.3) 11 (1.8) 0.926
  Hospitalization for HF [n, (%)] 18 (2.6) 7 (9.3) 11 (1.8) <0.001
Arrhythmias [n, (%)] 38 (5.4) 7 (9.3) 31 (5.0) 0.034
  New onset AF [n, (%)] 33 (4.7) 6 (8.0) 27 (4.3) 0.072
  Ventricular arrhythmias [n, (%)] 5 (0.7) 1 (1.3) 4 (0.6) 0.174
Inflammatory heart disease [n, (%)] 13 (1.9) 6 (8.0) 7 (1.1) <0.001
  Pericarditis [n, (%)] 10 (1.4) 4 (5.3) 6 (1.0) 0.001
  Myocarditis [n, (%)] 4 (0.6) 2 (2.7) 2 (0.3) 0.004
Thrombotic disorders [n, (%)] 15 (2.1) 1 (1.3) 14 (2.2) 0.681
  Pulmonary embolism [n, (%)] 6 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 6 (1.0) 0.415
  Deep vein thrombosis [n, (%)] 10 (1.4) 1 (1.3) 9 (1.4) 0.997
  Superficial vein thrombosis [n, (%)] 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2) 0.736
Follow-up time [days, median (IQR)] 270 [165; 380] 201 [130; 357] 272 [168; 381.25] 0.006

Legend to table: COVID-19—Coronavirus Disease-2019; MACCE—major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events; CV—cardiovascular; IHD—ischemic heart disease; TIA—transient ischemic attack; HF—heart failure; AF—atrial fibrillation; IQR—interquartile range.