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Table 2 Primary diagnosis

From: Predicting acute kidney injury using urinary liver-type fatty-acid binding protein and serum N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients treated at medical cardiac intensive care units

Diagnosis

Number (percentage)

Acute coronary syndrome, n (%)

588 (46)

 STEMI, n

241

 NSTEM, n

292

 Unstable angina, n

55

Acute decompensated heart failure, n (%)

485 (38)

 With reduced ejection fraction (LVEF < 40%), n

244

 With mid-range ejection fraction (40% ≤ LVEF < 50%), n

80

 With preserved ejection fraction (LVEF ≥ 50%), n

161

Arrhythmia, n (%)

59 (5)

 Supraventricular tachycardia, n

8

 Ventricular tachycardia, n

15

 Sick sinus syndrome, n

17

 Second-degree or third-degree atrioventricular block, n

19

Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)

35 (3)

Acute aortic syndrome, n (%)

27 (2)

Infective endocarditis, n (%)

22 (2)

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, n (%)

15 (1)

Others, n (%)

42 (3)

  1. Data are expressed as number (%)
  2. STEMI ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction