University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences; Meyers Primary Care Institute; Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
Publication Date
2017-09-25
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases | Clinical Epidemiology | Epidemiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe the magnitude and characteristics of patients who did not experience any significant major adverse cardiovascular event early (within 6 weeks) and late (during the first year) after hospital discharge for an acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
METHODS AND RESULTS: Data from 12 243 patients discharged after an AMI from 233 sites across the United States in the TRANSLATE-ACS (Treatment With ADP Receptor Inhibitors: Longitudinal Assessment of Treatment Patterns and Events After Acute Coronary Syndrome) study were analyzed. Multivariable adjusted regression analyses modeled factors associated with 6-week and 1-year survivors who did not experience a recurrent AMI, stroke, unplanned coronary revascularization, or rehospitalization for unstable angina/chest pain during these time periods. The average age of this study population was 60.0 years, 72.0% were men, and 87.9% were white. In this population, 92.4% were classified as early low-risk survivors and 76.3% were classified as late low-risk survivors of an AMI. Factors associated with being an early and late postdischarge survivor included being male and having single-vessel coronary artery disease at the patient's index hospitalization. Patients who were not first seen with any chronic health condition, had an index hospital stay of < /=3 days, and had high baseline quality-of-life scores were more likely to be late low-risk survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: Identifying low-risk survivors of an AMI may permit healthcare providers to focus more intensive efforts and interventions on those at higher risk of experiencing adverse cardiovascular events during the postdischarge transition period.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01088503.
Keywords
acute myocardial infarction, low‐risk survivor, myocardial infarction, survivor
Rights and Permissions
© 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
DOI of Published Version
10.1161/JAHA.117.006373
Source
J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Sep 25;6(9). pii: e006373. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006373. Link to article on publisher's site
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Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of the American Heart Association
PubMed ID
28947562
Repository Citation
Tisminetzky M, Wang TY, Gurwitz JH, Kaltenbach LA, McManus DD, Gore JM, Peterson E, Goldberg RJ. (2017). Magnitude and Characteristics of Patients Who Survived an Acute Myocardial Infarction. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006373. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1405
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