Why the study?
Do unstable angina patients have different one-year health status outcomes compared to myocardial infarction patients among ACS survivors?
Population
1,192 consecutively enrolled acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors from two Kansas City hospitals
Comparison
Unstable angina (UA) presentation vs Myocardial infarction presentation
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 to 2 years
Authors
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UA patients may need enhanced angina surveillance akin to NSTEMI despite better survival; this cohort study leaves open subtype-specific interventions.
Do unstable angina patients have different one-year health status outcomes compared to myocardial infarction patients among ACS survivors?
Unstable angina patients experience similar or worse one-year health status and rehospitalization rates compared to MI patients, despite having better survival.
Maddox et al. (2007) studied this question.
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