Key result
Diabetes, CHF, age, and prior MI independently predict 10-year mortality after acute MI.
Why the study?
What are the independent predictors of 10-year mortality in patients following an acute myocardial infarction?
RCT (n=809)
randomly assigned
What are the independent predictors of 10-year mortality in patients following an acute myocardial infarction?
A history of diabetes, previous myocardial infarction, older age, and in-hospital heart failure are strong independent predictors of 10-year mortality following an acute myocardial infarction.
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These predictors identify high-risk post-AMI patients; leaves open relevance to contemporary reperfusion-era cohorts.
Herlitz et al. (1993) conducted an RCT in Acute myocardial infarction (n=809). Metoprolol vs. Placebo was evaluated on 10-year mortality. Diabetes, congestive heart failure, age, and previous myocardial infarction independently predicted 10-year mortality (overall rate 51%) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (all P<0.001).
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