Key result
Myocardial infarction was associated with a higher accrual of multiple circulatory diagnoses (RR 4.32; 95% CI 3.96-4.72) and increased risk of death (HR 1.32; 95% CI 1.13-1.53) compared to controls.
Why the study?
Knowledge of post-myocardial infarction disease risk is limited, despite dramatic increases in the number of survivors in recent decades.
Does a history of myocardial infarction alter subsequent disease trajectories and increase all-cause mortality compared to matched non-MI controls?
Cohort (n=2,254,014)
Yes
Does a history of myocardial infarction alter subsequent disease trajectories and increase all-cause mortality compared to matched non-MI controls?
Effect estimate: RR 4.32 (95% CI 3.96-4.72)
Survivors of myocardial infarction have significantly higher risks of complex multimorbidity trajectories, particularly involving circulatory and neuro-psychiatric diagnoses, which are associated with increased premature mortality.
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of post-myocardial infarction (MI) disease risk to date is limited-yet the number of survivors of MI has increased dramatically in recent decades. We investigated temporally ordered sequences of all conditions following MI in nationwide electronic health record data through the application of process mining. METHODS: We conducted a national retrospective cohort study of all hospitalisations (145,670,448 episodes; 34,083,204 individuals) admitted to NHS hospitals in England (1st January 2008-31st January 2017, final follow-up 27th March 2017). Through process mining, we identified trajectories of all major disease diagnoses following MI and compared their relative risk (RR) and all-cause mortality hazard ratios (HR) to a risk-set matched non-MI control cohort using Cox proportional hazards and flexible parametric survival models. FINDINGS: Among a total of 375,669 MI patients (130,758 females; 34.8%) and 1,878,345 matched non-MI patients (653,790 females; 34.8%), we identified 28,799 unique disease trajectories. The accrual of multiple circulatory diagnoses was more common amongst MI patients (RR 4.32, 95% CI 3.96-4.72) and conferred an increased risk of death (HR 1.32, 1.13-1.53) compared with matched controls. Trajectories featuring neuro-psychiatric diagnoses (including anxiety and depression) following circulatory disorders were markedly more common and had increased mortality post MI (HR ranging from 1.11 to 1.73) compared with non-MI individuals. INTERPRETATION: These results provide an opportunity for early intervention targets for survivors of MI-such as increased focus on the psychological and behavioural pathways-to mitigate ongoing adverse disease trajectories, multimorbidity, and premature mortality. FUNDING: British Heart Foundation; Alan Turing Institute.
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Hayward et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Myocardial infarction (n=2,254,014). Myocardial infarction (exposure) vs. Risk-set matched non-MI control cohort was evaluated on Accrual of multiple circulatory diagnoses (RR 4.32, 95% CI 3.96-4.72). Myocardial infarction was associated with a higher accrual of multiple circulatory diagnoses (RR 4.32; 95% CI 3.96-4.72) and increased risk of death (HR 1.32; 95% CI 1.13-1.53) compared to controls.
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