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Table 2 Incidence of major cardiovascular events (MACE) following a transfemoral amputation

From: The risk of major cardiovascular events for adults with transfemoral amputation

Amputation Etiology

Cohort

MACE total (%)

Coronary artery bypass Graft (%)

Ischemic heart disease (%)

Myocardial infarction (%)

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (%)

Coronary stent placement (%)

Cardiac arrest (%)

Dysvascular

TFA, n = 107

71 (66.4)

3 (4.2)

7 (9.9)

52 (73.2)

2 (2.8)

0 (0)

7 (9.9)

Controls, n = 1070

423 (39.5)

23 (5.4)

110 (26.0)

235 (55.6)

12 (2.8)

2 (0.5)

41 (9.7)

Trauma/Cancer

TFA, n = 55

11 (20.0)

1 (9.1)

1 (9.1)

7 (63.6)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

Controls, n = 550

88 (16.0)

4 (4.5)

17 (19.3)

46 (5.2)

8 (9.1)

0 (0)

13 (14.8)

  1. NB: Events and percentages represent the respective proportion of those individuals experiencing a MACE