Patient characteristics and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction presenting without ischemic pain: Insights from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our objective was to describe characteristics of patients presenting with and without ischemic pain among those diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (MI) using individual-level data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study from 2005 to 2019.

Methods

Acute MI included events deemed definite or probable MI by a physician panel based on ischemic pain, cardiac biomarkers, and ECG evidence. Patient characteristics included age at hospitalization, sex, race/ethnicity, comorbidities (smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, history of previous stroke, MI, or cardiovascular procedure, and history of valvular disease or cardiomyopathy) and in-hospital complications occurring during the event of interest (pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, in-hospital strok

SUBMITTER: DeBarmore BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879363 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature