Cardiovascular event rate and death in high-risk secondary prevention patient cohort in Finland: A registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large number of patients are living with atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease and thus are at risk of life-threatening CV events.

Hypothesis

This study evaluated the risk for a recurrent CV event or death in Finnish real-world data.

Methods

Patients with an incident atherosclerotic CV event between 2012 and 2016 were included in this retrospective registry study and followed for recurrent CV events or death. The risk and risk factors of recurrent CV events or death and time from the first CV event to recurrence were assessed.

Results

A total of 48,405 patients were followed from their first CV event. The event rate was 14.34 events per 100 patient-years. Multistate models suggested that at 5 years post index CV event, 41.5% of the patients h

SUBMITTER: Toppila I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9019873 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature