January 1, 1995Circulation
Previous Angina Alters In-Hospital Outcome in TIMI 4
Why the study?
Does previous angina improve in-hospital outcome after acute myocardial infarction?
Population
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (TIMI 4)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Associated with better AMI in-hospital outcomes; hypothesis-generating for preconditioning, needs prospective confirmation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does previous angina improve in-hospital outcome after acute myocardial infarction?
P
Population
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (TIMI 4)
I
Intervention
Previous angina
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Outcome
In-hospital outcome
Previous angina is associated with better in-hospital outcomes following acute myocardial infarction, possibly due to ischemic preconditioning.
Cite This Study
Kloner et al. (1995) studied this question.