Research Article

Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Is a Risk Factor for In-Hospital Mortality in Patients after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Hospital-Based Survey

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics of patients stratified by ejection fraction (at admission).

VariablesPatients with EF <50%Patients with EF ≥50%P value

N1361464

Age (year)62.18 ± 10.3160.06 ± 10.890.029

BMI (kg/m2)22.99 ± 3.1423.95 ± 3.830.023

SBP (mmHg)98.83 ± 28.82102.55 ± 28.690.150

DBP (mmHg)77.93 ± 11.3077.12 ± 11.780.440

Heart rate (times/ min)71.55 ± 13.0272.12 ± 11.130.581

serum creatinine (umol/L)83.17 ± 68.0771.49 ± 30.89<0.001

Uric acid (mmol/L)316.92 ± 106.69302.22 ± 91.590.086

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)11.03 ± 6.169.61 ± 8.260.055

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)4.10 ± 1.004.27 ± 1.060.086

Triglyceride (mmol/L)1.57 ± 0.801.95 ± 1.460.005

High density lipoprotein (mmol/L)1.01 ± 0.311.08 ± 0.310.022

Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)2.61 ± 0.882.65 ± 0.930.657

Sex0.628

 female41 (30.15%)471 (32.17%)

 male95 (69.85%)993 (67.83%)

History of heart failure<0.001

 no95 (69.85%)1290 (88.24%)

 yes41 (30.15%)172 (11.76%)

History of atrial fibrillation0.076

 no130 (95.59%)1434 (97.95%)

 yes6 (4.41%)30 (2.05%)

History of stroke0.051

 no124 (91.18%)1392 (95.08%)

 yes12 (8.82%)72 (4.92%)

History of PCI0.806

 no128 (94.12%)1370 (93.58%)

 yes8 (5.88%)94 (6.42%)

History of CABG0.778

 no135 (99.26%)1456 (99.45%)

 yes1 (0.74%)8 (0.55%)

Hypertension<0.001

 no87 (63.97%)694 (47.44%)

 yes49 (36.03%)769 (52.56%)

Diabetes0.615

 no104 (76.47%)1146 (78.33%)

 yes32 (23.53%)317 (21.67%)

Smoking0.529

 no86 (63.24%)965 (65.92%)

 yes50 (36.76%)499 (34.08%)

Types of patients0.945

 STEMI51 (37.5%)536 (36.6%)

 NSTEMI42 (30.8%)443 (30.2%)

 Unstable angina43 (31.7%)485 (33.2%)

Aspirin0.571

 no1 (0.74%)19 (1.30%)

 yes135 (99.26%)1443 (98.70%)

Clopidogrel0.001

 no5 (3.68%)65 (4.44%)

 yes129 (94.85%)1397 (95.49%)

 No clear2 (1.47%)1 (0.07%)

-blocker0.816

 no37 (27.21%)412 (28.14%)

 yes99 (72.79%)1052 (71.86%)

ACEI0.344

 no53 (38.97%)632 (43.17%)

 yes83 (61.03%)832 (56.83%)

Calcium antagonists<0.001

 no122 (89.71%)1077 (73.57%)

 yes14 (10.29%)387 (26.43%)

Statin0.777

 no9 (6.62%)88 (6.01%)

 yes127 (93.38%)1376 (93.99%)

Data are presented as number (percent) or mean ±standard deviation.
Body mass index=BMI; systolic blood pressure=SBP; diastolic blood pressure=DBP; percutaneous coronary intervention=PCI; coronary artery bypass grafting=CABG; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction=STEMI; non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction=NSTEMI; ACEIs=angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.