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Sex-based short- and long-term survival in patients following complicated myocardial infarction

Bonarjee, V. V. (författare)
Rosengren, Annika, 1951 (författare)
Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för akut och kardiovaskulär medicin,Institute of Medicine, Department of Emergeny and Cardiovascular Medicine
Snapinn, S. M. (författare)
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James, M. K. (författare)
Dickstein, K. (författare)
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2006-08-09
2006
Engelska.
Ingår i: Eur Heart J. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0195-668X. ; 27:18, s. 2177-83
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  • AIMS: Mortality in women following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is higher than in men, in that women are older and have more co-morbidity at the time of AMI. We evaluated short- and long-term sex-related differences in management and prognosis among high-risk patients following AMI. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 1575 women and 3902 men with AMI and heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or anterior Q waves, were recruited for participation in the OPTIMAAL trial and followed for 2.7+/-0.9 years in seven European countries. Symptomatic heart failure was more common in women when compared with men. Women were older, with more hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Fewer women were treated with thrombolytics (P<0.001 in all cases). Women had a 1.37-fold higher risks of death (P<0.001) during follow-up, but no differences were observed after adjusting for age. However, in-hospital mortality was significantly higher in women (4.89 vs. 2.54%; P<0.001) and a 1.57-fold higher risk of in-hospital death (P=0.006) persisted after adjusting for age and co-morbidities. CONCLUSION: Among high-risk patients with AMI, age-adjusted long-term survival was similar between sexes. However, adjusted in-hospital mortality was significantly higher in women. Higher short-term risk may warrant more rapid and appropriate management of women with AMI.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

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Adult
Aged
Female
Heart Failure
Congestive/mortality
Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction/drug therapy/*mortality
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Survival Analysis
Ventricular Dysfunction
Left/mortality

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