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.