Noncardiac chest pain after acute myocardial infarction: Frequency and association with health status outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The frequency of noncardiac chest pain (CP) hospitalization after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unknown, and its significance from patients' perspectives is not studied.

Objectives

To assess the frequency of noncardiac CP admissions after AMI and its association with patients' self-reported health status.

Methods

We identified cardiac and noncardiac CP hospitalizations in the year after AMI from the 24-center TRIUMPH registry. Hierarchical repeated-measures regression was used to identify the association of these hospitalizations with patients' self-reported health status using the Seattle Angina Questionnaire Quality of Life domain (SAQ QoL) and Short Form 12 (SF-12) physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Qintar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575910 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature