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Table 3 Management of myocardial infarction and of organ dysfunction on the day of the myocardial infarction according to occurrence of composite outcome components

From: In-hospital outcomes after acute myocardial infarction with obstructive coronary artery disease in critically ill patients hospitalized for non-cardiac disease

Variable

Total

(n = 96)

Severe ischemic eventa

Major bleeding eventb

Death

Yes

(n = 17)

No

(n = 79)

Yes

(n = 26)

No

(n = 70)

Yes

(n = 26)

No

(n = 70)

Myocardial infarction management

       

 Antiplatelet therapy

95 (99)

17 (100)

78 (99)

25 (96)

70 (100)

26 (100)

69 (99)

 Dual antiplatelet therapy

61 (64)

10 (59)

51 (65)

11 (42) *

50 (71)

16 (61)

45 (64)

 Therapeutic anticoagulation (MD = 1)

68 (71)

11 (65)

57 (72)

18 (69)

50 (71)

18 (69)

50 (71)

 Early mechanical reperfusion therapyc, d

47 (49)

9 (53)

38 (48)

12 (46)

35 (50)

13 (50)

34 (49)

Organ dysfunction management

       

 Catecholamines

48 (51)

10 (59)

38 (48)

11 (42)

37 (53)

21 (81) *

27 (39)

 Invasive mechanical ventilation

56 (58)

14 (82)

42 (53)

17 (65)

39 (56)

23 (88) *

33 (47)

 Renal replacement therapy

9 (9)

3 (18)

6 (8)

5 (19)

4 (6)

2 (8)

7 (10)

 VA-ECMO

3 (3)

2 (12)

1 (1)

1 (4)

2 (3)

3 (11) *

0

  1. Variables are numbers (percentages)
  2. Abbreviations: MD: missing data; VA-ECMO: veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  3. Composite of acute myocardial infarction recurrence and stroke
  4. bAccording to the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium [25]
  5. Percutaneous coronary intervention, n = 45; coronary artery bypass graft, n = 2
  6. Within the first 24 h for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction, and within 72 h for non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction
  7. *Univariate comparison with p < 0.05