Why the study?
Do early exercise testing and coronary angiography predict long-term prognosis in young survivors of myocardial infarction?
Population
255 consecutive young survivors of myocardial infarction aged ≤55 years, including 210 men. A study group of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 16 years (up to 18 years)
Authors
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May aid long-term risk stratification in young MI survivors; leaves open whether findings should alter management.
Do early exercise testing and coronary angiography predict long-term prognosis in young survivors of myocardial infarction?
In young survivors of myocardial infarction, combining early exercise testing and coronary angiography provides important long-term prognostic information, highlighting significant late attrition after nine years.
Arwa Awadelkarim (2003) studied this question.
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