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Does a current or historical diagnosis of cancer affect acute myocardial infarction treatments and outcomes compared to patients without cancer?
Does a current or historical diagnosis of cancer affect acute myocardial infarction treatments and outcomes compared to patients without cancer?
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Patients with AMI and a history of cancer are more likely to receive conservative management and experience worse clinical outcomes, highlighting the need for multidisciplinary cardio-oncology care.
A concomitant cancer diagnosis is associated with a conservative medical management strategy for AMI, and worse clinical outcomes, compared to patients without cancer. Survival and clinical outcomes in the context of AMI vary significantly according to the type of cancer and metastasis status. The management of this high-risk group is challenging and requires a multidisciplinary and patient-centred approach to improve their outcomes.
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Bharadwaj et al. (2019) studied this question.
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