Baseline characteristics
There were 113 patients admitted to the coronary care unit with complete
hemodynamic and echocardiographic data available for inclusion in the
study. The median age was 59 ± 14.9 years, and 29.2% of the patients
were female. Other baseline characteristics are shown in Table 1.
Forty-three patients died during a median follow-up of 1 year, and 65
patients experienced the combined outcomes of death or LVAD.