Baseline clinical characteristics and medical therapy during hospitalization.

<p>Continuous variables are presented as the medians (with interquartile ranges), and categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages. EVD, extracardiac vascular disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; ACEIs, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; ARBs, angiotensin II receptor blockers; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; SBP, systolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; SCr, serum creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.</p>*<p>interquartile range,</p>†<p>n = 1049;</p>‡<p>n = 1040;</p>§<p>n = 518 (STEMI patients);</p>||<p>primary or non-primary.