The association between anxiety disorders and in-hospital outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety disorders are prevalent in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), but the effects of anxiety disorders on in-hospital outcomes within MI patients have not been well studied.

Hypothesis

To examine the effects of concurrent anxiety disorders on in-hospital outcomes in MI patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in patients with a principal diagnosis of MI with and without anxiety disorders in the National Inpatient Sample 2016. A total of 129 305 primary hospitalizations for acute MI, 35 237 with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and 94 068 with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) were identified. Of these, 13 112 (10.1%) had anxiety (7.9% in STEMI and 11.0% in NSTEMI). We compared outcomes of anxiet

SUBMITTER: Li P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298986 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature