Quality of life after acute myocardial infarction: A comparison of diabetic versus non-diabetic acute myocardial infarction patients in Quebec acute care hospitals

Table 2 Use of cardiac procedures for diabetic patients and non-diabetic patients during baseline hospitalization

	Diabetic N = 96	Non-diabetic N = 491
Procedures at baseline
Angiography	41	43
Angioplasty	15	24
Bypass surgery	14	7
Revascularization	27	30
Time to angiography (median days)	5 (3,10)	6 (2,10)
Characteristics of angiography
Diseased coronary vessels
None	3	7
One	26	45
Two	33	25
Three	36	20
Left main	10	11
Left ventricular ejection fraction	40 (35,50)	50 (35,60)
Procedure following angiography
Angioplasty	36	56
Bypass surgery	31	15

Values are given as percentages of n except for continuous variables for which the inter-quartile ranges are given in parentheses.

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