Why the study?
Does antecedent hypertension worsen clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
7,784 patients with acute myocardial infarction in the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry
Comparison
Antecedent hypertension vs No antecedent hypertension
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
one-year
Authors
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Recognize elevated in-hospital AMI mortality risk with hypertension history; leaves open longer-term prognostic value and management implications.
Does antecedent hypertension worsen clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Antecedent hypertension in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased in-hospital mortality but not one-year mortality.
Kang et al. (2009) studied this question.
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