Acute coronary syndrome patterns in the Young: risk factor profile and in-hospital outcomes in a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya

Table 8 Echocardiographic parameters prior to discharge

	N	Overall, N = 134¹	NSTE-ACS, N = 57¹	STEMI, N = 77¹	p-value²
Mean LVEF	113	46.0 (± 12.4)	48.6 (± 11.5)	44.2 (± 12.8)	0.05
Severity of LV Dysfunction					0.17
Normal		47 (41.6%)	24 (51.1%)	23 (34.8%)
Mild		29 (25.7%)	13 (27.7%)	16 (24.2%)
Moderate		22 (19.5%)	6 (12.8%)	16 (24.2%)
Severe		15 (13.3%)	4 (8.5%)	11 (16.7%)
RWMA					0.26
Absent		53 (46.9%)	25 (53.2%)	28 (42.4%)
Present		60 (53.1%)	22 (46.8%)	38 (57.6%)
LVTHROMBUS					0.36
Absent		102 (90.3%)	44 (93.6%)	58 (87.9%)
Present		11 (9.7%)	3 (6.4%)	8 (12.1%)

1: Median (IQR) or Frequency, 2: Wilcoxon rank sum tests, Pearson’s chi- squared; Fisher exact. LVEF : Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, LV : Left Ventricle.

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