Research Article

Clinical Characteristics and Long-Term Mortality Rate in Female Patients with Takotsubo Syndrome Compared with Female Patients with ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Study from a Single Center

Table 4

Clinical characteristics of TTS and STEMI groups.

VariableTTS group
N = 65
STEMI group
N = 104
value

Female65 (100)104 (100)
Age (mean ± SD)73.42 ± 11.3572.33 ± 11.92NS
Smoking5 (7.70)21 (20.19)<0.01
Diabetes5 (7.70)17 (27.18)=0.001
Hypertension43 (66.15)66 (63.64)NS
Hyperlipidemia27 (41.54)44 (42.42)NS
Previous AMI010 (9.80)=0.001

AMI: acute myocardial infarction; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; NS: not significant. Anamnestic data missing in eight (12.50%) patients.