Key result
Treatment at a specialized Postmyocardial Infarction Clinic significantly reduced non-fatal reinfarctions compared to standard care, though mortality did not differ between the groups.
Why the study?
Does formalized management at a postmyocardial infarction clinic reduce mortality and non-fatal reinfarction in male postinfarction patients?
Cohort (n=181)
No
Does formalized management at a postmyocardial infarction clinic reduce mortality and non-fatal reinfarction in male postinfarction patients?
Formalized management at a postinfarction clinic significantly reduced non-fatal reinfarctions, even without the use of modern pharmacotherapy like lipid-lowering or anticoagulant drugs.
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Specialized post-MI clinic care was associated with fewer nonfatal reinfarctions in this cohort; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice pending RCTs.
Vedin et al. (1976) conducted a cohort in Postmyocardial Infarction (n=181). Treatment at the Postmyocardial Infarction Clinic vs. Not treated at the clinic was evaluated on Mortality and non-fatal reinfarction. Treatment at a specialized Postmyocardial Infarction Clinic significantly reduced non-fatal reinfarctions compared to standard care, though mortality did not differ between the groups.
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