Complication | Definition |
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Non-fatal cardiac arrest | An absence of cardiac rhythm or presence of chaotic rhythm requiring any component of basic or advanced cardiac life support |
Acute myocardial infarction | Increase and gradual decrease in troponin level or a faster increase and decrease of creatine kinase isoenzyme as markers of myocardial necrosis in the company of at least one of the following: ischemic symptoms, abnormal Q waves on the ECG, ST-segment elevation or depression; coronary artery intervention (e.g., coronary angioplasty) or a typical decrease in an elevated troponin level detected at its peak after surgery in a patient without a documented alternative explanation for the troponin elevation |
Congestive heart failure | New in-hospital signs or symptoms of dyspnea or fatigue, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, increased jugular venous pressure, pulmonary râles on physical examination, cardiomegaly, or pulmonary vascular engorgement |
New cardiac arrhythmia | ECG evidence of atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, or second- or third-degree atrioventricular conduction block |
Angina | Dull, diffuse, substernal chest discomfort precipitated by exertion or emotion and relieved by rest or glyceryl trinitrate |