Category | Example elements |
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Patient demographics | Age, sex, ethnicity, postal code, occupation and insurance status |
Medical history | Diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, vascular disease and prior revascularisation |
Initial cardiac status | Heart rate, blood pressure, Killip class, heart failure and cardiac arrest |
Lab values | Troponin, CK, CK-MB, BNP, sodium, BUN, creatinine, WBC count and haemoglobin |
Diagnostic procedures | Coronary catheterisation, echocardiogram, CT angiogram, stress testing and chest radiograph |
Medications including dose | Antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulant therapy, beta blocker, ACE inhibitor/ARB, statin, and traditional Chinese medicines |
Auxiliary imaging | Intravascular ultrasound and fractionated-flow reserve |
Coronary flow dynamics | Preprocedural TIMI flow and postprocedural TIMI flow |
Revascularisation | Fibrinolysis, PCI (access, coronary anatomy, bypass graft anatomy, stent number, stent type, stent length, contrast dose and closure device) and CABG surgery |
Mechanical support | Intra-aortic balloon pump, left ventricular assist device and ECMO |
Outcomes including in-hospital complications | Death, myocardial infarction, heart failure, shock, arrhythmia, stroke, bleeding, transfusion, infection, coronary perforation and coronary dissection |
ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CK, creatine kinase; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; WBC, white blood cell.