Table 2 Cardiologic data and treatment during the index hospitalization
Variables | Total | SMuRFless | ≥ 1 SMuRF | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 15051 | N = 2267 | N = 12784 | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Standard exercise stress test | 275 (17.0%) | 29 (14.6%) | 246 (17.3%) | 0.39 |
Low* | 115 (43.9%) | 18 (64.3%) | 97 (41.5%) | 0.01 |
Intermediate | 43 (16.4%) | 5 (17.9%) | 38 (16.2%) | |
High | 99 (37.8%) | 5 (17.9%) | 94 (40.2%) | |
Unavailable | 5 (1.9%) | 0(0%) | 5 (2.1%) | |
Stress echocardiogram | 350 (21.6%) | 44 (22.2%) | 306 (21.6%) | 0.83 |
Low* | 201 (60.4%) | 29 (69.0%) | 172 (59.1%) | 0.25 |
Intermediate | 43 (12.9%) | 4 (9.5%) | 39 (13.4%) | |
High | 88 (26.4%) | 9 (21.4%) | 79 (27.1%) | |
Unavailable | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
Stress testing SPECT MPI | 758 (46.7%) | 85 (42.7%) | 673 (47.3%) | 0.19 |
Low* | 285 (38.3%) | 36 (42.4%) | 249 (37.7%) | 0.97 |
Intermediate | 123 (16.5%) | 8 (9.4%) | 115 (17.4%) | |
High | 334 (44.8%) | 41 (48.2%) | 293 (44.4%) | |
Unavailable | 3 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.5%) | |
Cardiac arrhythmia | 81 (1.7%) | 21 (3.4%) | 60 (1.4%) | < 0.01 |
LV dysfunction | 0.31 | |||
> 50% | 484 (62.9%) | 48 (56.5%) | 436 (63.7%) | |
35%-50% | 221 (28.7%) | 27 (31.8%) | 194 (28.4%) | |
< 35% | 64 (8.3%) | 10 (11.8%) | 54 (7.9%) | |
Type of ACS | < 0.01 | |||
Unstable angina | 1923 (12.8%) | 220 (9.7%) | 1703 (13.3%) | |
NSTEMI | 6733 (44.7%) | 884 (39.0%) | 5849 (45.8%) | |
STEMI | 6395 (42.5%) | 1163 (51.3%) | 5232 (40.9%) | |
Killip class | < 0.01 | |||
1 | 12120 (80.5%) | 1942 (85.7%) | 10178 (79.6%) | |
2 | 1297 (8.6%) | 149 (6.6%) | 1148 (9.0%) | |
3 | 1247 (8.3%) | 122 (5.4%) | 1125 (8.8%) | |
4 | 387 (2.6%) | 54 (2.4%) | 333 (2.6%) | |
Heart failure at presentation | 1826 (12.1%) | 189 (8.3%) | 1637 (12.8%) | < 0.01 |
Diagnostic cath | 12487 (97.2%) | 1855 (97.1%) | 10632 (97.2%) | 0.78 |
Elective | 1307 (10.5%) | 142 (7.7%) | 1165 (11.0%) | |
Urgent | 7265 (58.2%) | 1027 (55.4%) | 6238 (58.7%) | |
Emergency | 3796 (38.4%) | 664 (35.8%) | 3132 (29.4%) | |
Salvage | 112 (0.9%) | 20 (0.2%) | 92 (0.9%) | |
Number of vessels with coronary artery disease | < 0.01 | |||
None | 1315 (10.3%) | 230 (12.0%) | 1085 (9.9%) | |
Single | 5140 (40.1%) | 894 (46.7%) | 4246 (38.9%) | |
Double | 3164 (24.7%) | 458 (24.0%) | 2706 (24.8%) | |
Triple | 3209 (25.0%) | 329 (17.2%) | 2880 (26.4%) | |
PCI | 7056 (46.9%) | 1201 (53.0%) | 5855 (45.8%) | < 0.01 |
Elective* | 396 (5.6%) | 43 (3.6%) | 353 (6.0%) | < 0.01 |
Urgent | 3413 (48.4%) | 532 (44.4%) | 2881 (49.1%) | |
Emergency | 3228 (45.7%) | 618 (51.5%) | 2610 (44.5%) | |
Salvage | 25 (0.4%) | 6 (0.1%) | 19 (0.3%) | |
CABG | 1674 (11.0%) | 191 (8.4%) | 1483 (11.6%) | < 0.01 |
Elective* | 49 (2.9%) | 4 (2.1%) | 45 (3.0%) | 0.32 |
Urgent | 1519 (90.7%) | 172 (90.1%) | 1347 (90.8%) | |
Emergency | 94 (5.6%) | 14 (7.3%) | 80 (5.4%) | |
Salvage | 12 (0.7%) | 1 (0.5%) | 11 (0.7%) |