Health Status Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After Rehospitalization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rehospitalizations after acute myocardial infarction for unplanned coronary revascularization and unstable angina (UA) are common. However, despite the inclusion of these events in composite end points of many clinical trials, their association with health status has not been studied.

Methods and results

We included 3283 patients with acute myocardial infarction enrolled in a prospective, 24-center US study who had rehospitalizations independently classified by experienced cardiologists. Health status was assessed using Seattle Angina Questionnaire and EuroQol-5D Visual Analog Scale. In the propensity-matched cohorts, 1-year health status was compared between those who did and did not experience rehospitalization for UA or revascularization using a hierarchical li

SUBMITTER: Shore S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5794496 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature