January 28, 2025European Heart Journal40 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperIncident heart failure and recurrent coronary events following acute myocardial infarction
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Population
Contemporary post-myocardial infarction (MI) cohort, including patients with normal ejection fraction and no heart failure at discharge
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Outcome
Incident heart failure and recurrent myocardial infarctionhard clinical
In a contemporary post-MI cohort, the risk of incident heart failure exceeds that of recurrent MI, emphasizing the need for heart failure surveillance even in patients discharged with normal ejection fraction.
Abstract
In a contemporary post-MI cohort, the risk for incident HF was greater than recurrent MI, even among those with normal EF and no HF at discharge.