Silent Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure: The ARIC Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although silent myocardial infarction (SMI) accounts for about one-half of the total number of myocardial infarctions (MIs), the risk of heart failure (HF) among patients with SMI is not well established.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of SMI and clinically manifested myocardial infarction (CMI) with HF, as compared with patients with no MI.

Methods

This analysis included 9,243 participants from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study who were free of cardiovascular disease at baseline (ARIC visit 1: 1987 to 1989). SMI was defined as electrocardiographic evidence of MI without CMI after the baseline until ARIC visit 4 (1996 to 1998). HF events were ascertained starting from ARIC visit 4 until 2010 in individ

SUBMITTER: Qureshi WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5757248 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature