Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Epidemiological Trends of Patients Admitted With Type 2 Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI) was first established as a unique entity in 2007. However, its clinical features are not well characterized. This study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics, predictors of mortality, and hospitalization trends of patients with T2MI.

Methods

The National Inpatient Sample database was queried for patients hospitalized in the United States with T2MI (January 2018 to December 2019). Data were used to assess baseline characteristics, primary diagnoses, predictors of mortality, and hospitalization and mortality trends of T2MI.

Results

During the 24-month study period, 1,789,485 (76%) patients were admitted with type 1 myocardial infarction (T1MI) and 563,695 (24%) were admitted with T2MI. Patients with T2MI were more

SUBMITTER: Rogers E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11307827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature