University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications

UMMS Affiliation

Meyers Primary Care Institute; Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine; Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine

Publication Date

2021-03-03

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases | Clinical Epidemiology | Epidemiology | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Abstract

Background: Among adults with heart disease, there is a high prevalence of concomitant chronic medical conditions. We studied patients with a first acute myocardial infarction to describe: sample population characteristics; trends of the most prevalent pairs of chronic conditions; and differences in hospital management according to burden of these morbidities.

Methods and Results: Patients (n = 1,564) hospitalized with an incident AMI at the 3 major medical centers in central Massachusetts during 2005, 2011, and 2015 comprised the study population. Hospital medical records were reviewed to identify 11 more prevalent chronic conditions. The median age of this population was 68 years and 56% were men. The median number of previously diagnosed chronic conditions was 2. Patients hospitalized during 2015 were more likely to be younger than those hospitalized in the earliest study cohorts. The most common pairs of chronic conditions for those hospitalized in 2005 were: anemia-chronic kidney disease (31%), chronic kidney disease-heart failure (30%), and stroke-atrial fibrillation (27%). Among patients hospitalized during 2011, chronic kidney disease-heart failure (29%), hypertension-hyperlipidemia (27%), and hypertension-diabetes (27%) were the most common pairs whereas hypertension-hyperlipidemia (43%), diabetes-heart failure (30%), and chronic kidney disease-diabetes (23%) were the most frequent pairs recorded in 2015. There was a significant decrease in the odds of undergoing cardiac catheterization and a percutaneous coronary intervention in those with higher chronic disease burden in the most recent as compared to earliest study years.

Conclusions: Our findings highlight the magnitude of chronic conditions in patients with AMI and the challenges of caring for this vulnerable population.

Keywords

Multimorbidity, comorbidities, myocardial infarction

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DOI of Published Version

10.1177/2633556521999570

Source

Tisminetzky M, Miozzo R, Gore JM, Gurwitz JH, Lessard D, Yarzebski J, Granillo E, Abu HO, Goldberg RJ. Trends in the magnitude of chronic conditions in patients hospitalized with a first acute myocardial infarction. J Comorb. 2021 Mar 3;11:2633556521999570. doi: 10.1177/2633556521999570. PMID: 33738263; PMCID: PMC7934031. Link to article on publisher's site

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Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of comorbidity

PubMed ID

33738263

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