Does survival after acute myocardial infarction differ from the general population over long-term follow-up?
Survivors of AMI remain at significantly higher risk of death compared to the general population for at least 7 years, highlighting the critical need for ongoing secondary prevention.
Survivors of both first and recurrent AMI remained at a significantly higher risk of death compared with the general population for at least 7 years after the event. For survivors of first AMI, the influence of predisposing factors for second AMI lessened with time after the initial event. The results reinforce the importance of acute clinical care and secondary prevention in improving long-term prognosis of hospitalized AMI patients.
Smolina et al. (2012) studied this question.