High-risk stratification by the novel Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk Stratification (nARS) system was significantly associated with a higher risk of long-term major cardiovascular events (HR 2.166) compared to low-risk patients.
Cohort (n=773)
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Does the novel AMI risk stratification (nARS) system predict long-term major cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
The novel AMI risk stratification (nARS) system effectively predicts long-term major cardiovascular events after hospital discharge in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Hazard Ratio: 2.166 (95% CI 1.543–3.041)
Absolute Event Rate: 39.4% vs 19.9%
p-value: p=<0.001
BACKGROUND: As severity of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) varies widely, several risk stratifications for AMI have been reported. We have introduced a novel AMI risk stratification system linked to a rehabilitation program (novel AMI risk stratification; nARS), which stratified AMI patients into low (L)-, intermediate (I)-, and high (H)-risk groups. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the long-term clinical outcomes in patients with AMI among L-, I-, H-risk groups. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study included 773 AMI patients, and assigned them into the L-risk group (n=332), the I-risk group (n=164), and the H-risk group (n=277). The primary endpoint was major cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as the composite of all-cause death, readmission for heart failure, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization after the discharge of index admission. The median follow-up duration was 686 days. MACE was most frequently observed in the H-risk group (39.4%), followed by the I-risk group (23.2%), and least in the L-risk group (19.9%) (P<0.001). The multivariate Cox hazard analysis revealed that the H-risk was significantly associated with MACE (HR 2.166, 95% CI 1.543-3.041, P<0.001) after controlling for multiple confounding factors. CONCLUSIONS: H-risk according to nARS was significantly associated with long-term adverse events after hospital discharge for patients with AMI. These results support the validity of nARS as a risk marker for long-term outcomes.
Ohashi et al. (Mon,) conducted a cohort in Acute Myocardial Infarction (n=773). High-risk stratification by nARS vs. Low-risk stratification by nARS was evaluated on Major cardiovascular events (MACE), composite of all-cause death, readmission for heart failure, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization (HR 2.166, 95% CI 1.543-3.041, p=<0.001). High-risk stratification by the novel Acute Myocardial Infarction Risk Stratification (nARS) system was significantly associated with a higher risk of long-term major cardiovascular events (HR 2.166) compared to low-risk patients.