Research Article

Association of β-Blocker Therapy at Discharge with Clinical Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients without Heart Failure

Table 3

2-year clinical outcomes of the patients.

Overall populationAMI subpopulationUA subpopulation
Discharged with β-blockers ()Discharged without β-blockers () valueDischarged with β-blockers ()Discharged without β-blockers () valueDischarged with β-blockers ()Discharged without β-blockers () value

Death47 (0.9)8 (1.4)0.31716 (1.1)0 (0.0)0.62531 (0.9)8 (1.7)0.106
Cardiac death24 (0.5)3 (0.5)0.90910 (0.7)0 (0.0)1.00014 (0.4)3 (0.6)0.437
MI29 (0.6)5 (0.9)0.3958 (0.6)2 (1.7)0.16721 (0.6)3 (0.6)0.889
TVR421 (8.3)47 (8.0)0.768126 (8.7)9 (7.8)0.722295 (8.2)38 (8.1)0.913
ST30 (0.6)2 (0.3)0.4379 (0.6)0 (0.0)1.00021 (0.6)2 (0.4)1.000
Stroke71 (1.4)8 (1.4)0.92614 (1.0)2 (1.7)0.33657 (1.6)6 (1.3)0.842
MACCE538 (10.7)61 (10.4)0.827155 (10.7)12 (10.3)1.000383 (10.6)49 (10.4)0.937

Values are presented as (%). ST: stent thrombosis; MACCE: major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events; MI: myocardial infarction; TVR: unplanned target vessel revascularization.