Anna Brammås1, Stina Jakobsson, Anders Ulvenstam, Thomas Mooe. 1. From the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden (A.B., S.J., T.M.); and Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Östersund Hospital, Sweden (A.U., T.M.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increases the risk of ischemic stroke, and mortality among these patients is high. Here, we aimed to estimate the 1-year mortality reliably after AMI complicated by ischemic stroke. We also aimed to identify trends over time for mortality during 1998-2008, as well as factors that predicted increased or decreased mortality. METHODS: Data for 173 233 unselected patients with AMI were collected from the Swedish Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive Care Admissions registry for 1998-2008. Specifically, we analyzed 1-year follow-up and mortality data for patients with AMI with and without ischemic stroke. Kaplan-Meyer analysis was used to analyze mortality trends over time, and Cox regression analysis was used to identify uni- and multivariate predictors of mortality. RESULTS: The 1-year mortality was 36.5% for AMI complicated by ischemic stroke and 18.3% for AMI without stroke. Mortality decreased over time in patients with and without ischemic stroke. The absolute decreases in mortality were 9.4% and 7.5%, respectively. Reperfusion and secondary preventive therapies were associated with a decreased mortality rate. CONCLUSIONS: Mortality after AMI complicated by an ischemic stroke is very high but decreased from 1998 to 2008. The increased use of evidence-based therapies explains the improved prognosis.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increases the risk of ischemic stroke, and mortality among these patients is high. Here, we aimed to estimate the 1-year mortality reliably after AMI complicated by ischemic stroke. We also aimed to identify trends over time for mortality during 1998-2008, as well as factors that predicted increased or decreased mortality. METHODS: Data for 173 233 unselected patients with AMI were collected from the Swedish Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive Care Admissions registry for 1998-2008. Specifically, we analyzed 1-year follow-up and mortality data for patients with AMI with and without ischemic stroke. Kaplan-Meyer analysis was used to analyze mortality trends over time, and Cox regression analysis was used to identify uni- and multivariate predictors of mortality. RESULTS: The 1-year mortality was 36.5% for AMI complicated by ischemic stroke and 18.3% for AMI without stroke. Mortality decreased over time in patients with and without ischemic stroke. The absolute decreases in mortality were 9.4% and 7.5%, respectively. Reperfusion and secondary preventive therapies were associated with a decreased mortality rate. CONCLUSIONS: Mortality after AMI complicated by an ischemic stroke is very high but decreased from 1998 to 2008. The increased use of evidence-based therapies explains the improved prognosis.
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