Tag: Heart / Stroke-Related: Heart Attack
More Readmissions Seen in Younger Women Than Men After Acute MI
Difference may be due to a higher prevalence of cardiac risk factors and comorbidities in women versus men, authors suggest
MI Outcomes May Be Worse in Patients With Rheumatic IMID
MI outcomes poorer in Medicare beneficiaries with versus without rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory disease
HIV + Hep C Coinfection Not Tied to Increased Type 1 MI Risk
However, with increasing age, risk for type 1 myocardial infarction increased for people with HIV with versus without hepatitis C virus infection
Air Pollution Increases Heart Attacks in Nonsmokers
Findings for same-day nitric oxide levels and average levels for particulate matter in the preceding three days
Polypill Cuts Cardiovascular Event Risk in Seniors With Recent MI
Polypill comprising aspirin, ramipril, atorvastatin effective for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults
Disparities Remain in Treatment, Outcomes for Myocardial Infarction
Despite overall improvement in treatment and survival from 2005 to 2015, findings reveal persisting disparities across race and sex
Risk for Type 1 MI Hospitalization Increased With Prediabetes
Younger adults with prediabetes have increased odds of T1MI, but do not have increased risk for MACCE
Text Message Intervention Does Not Up Meds Adherence After Heart Attack
Intervention associated with small improvements in BMI <25 kg/m2, eating at least five vegetables and two fruits/day
Treatment, Outcomes for AMI Patients Compared in Six Countries
Proportion of patients admitted with STEMI who received PCI in hospital in 2017 ranged from 36.9 percent in England to 78.6 percent in Canada
Ten-Year Mortality, Recurrence Rates Decreasing After Acute MI
Mortality and recurrence risks lower for patients hospitalized in 2007 to 2009 versus those hospitalized in 1995 to 1997
