Prospective Outpatient Registry of Myocardial Infarction Patients (Profile-Mi): Study Design and First Results

Aim. To characterize patients included to the registry PROFILE-MI; to present data reflecting the condition of patients before the onset of acute myocardial infarction (MI). Material and methods. Totally, 160 patients included: 106 males, 54 females — 66,2%/33,8%, respectively, consequently visited cardiologist in the City Polyclinics №9 of Moscow or one of two its branches, after hospitalization for MI. Results. Mean age of patients 70,4±10,8 (39-87) y.o., males were in average 10 years younger than women. About 40% were >60 y.o., about a half were retired, and of those most were women, ~1/3 of patients were already disabled; in ~3/4 there was arterial hypertension. For smoking and lipid disorders, in most patients there was no data: only for 29,4 and 46,9%, respectively; diabetes was found in 28,1%. Anamnesis of coronary heart disease (CHD) had been registered in anamnesis of 47 (29.4%), and most of those already experienced myocardial infarction (MI). Half of the included patients had had visited medical institutions during 2 year period before the MI event, most of them — local outpatient institutions (polyclinics), but 1/3 of patients did not request for medical help during last ≥2 years. Conclusion. Patients included to PROFILE-MI registry, had in general similar demographic and clinical parameters with other registries of MI in Russia. Most post MI patients already had cardiovascular diseases of atherosclerotic origin, or a combination of traditional CHD risk factors, so MI onset was quite predictable. Most of them were not under the coverage of primary and secondary CHD preventions before MI event.