Mohamed O Mohamed1, Edward Roddy2, Lina Ya'qoub3, Phyo K Myint4, Mirvat Al Alasnag5, Chadi Alraies6, Lorna Clarson2, Toby Helliwell2, Christian Mallen2, David Fischman7, Khalid Al Shaibi5, Abhishek Abhishek8, Mamas A Mamas9. 1. Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Institutes of Applied Clinical Science and Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK; Department of Cardiology, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. 2. School of Primary, Community, and Social Care, Keele University, UK. 3. Ochsner-Louisiana State University, Shreveport. 4. Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Team, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK. 5. Department of Cardiology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 6. Department of Cardiology, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Heart Hospital, MI. 7. Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 8. Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, UK; Nottingham National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, UK. 9. Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Institutes of Applied Clinical Science and Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK; Department of Cardiology, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK; Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: mamasmamas1@yahoo.co.uk.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine national-level differences in management strategies and outcomes in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from 2004 through 2014. METHODS: All AMI hospitalizations were analyzed from the National Inpatient Sample, stratified according to AIRD diagnosis into 4 groups: no AIRD, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and systemic sclerosis (SSC). The associations between AIRD subtypes and (1) receipt of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and (2) clinical outcomes were examined compared with patients without AIRD. RESULTS: Of 6,747,797 AMI hospitalizations, 109,983 patients (1.6%) had an AIRD diagnosis (RA: 1.3%, SLE: 0.3%, and SSC: 0.1%). The prevalence of RA rose from 1.0% (2004) to 1.5% (2014), and SLE and SSC remained stable. Patients with SLE were less likely to receive invasive management (odds ratio [OR] [95% CI]: coronary angiography-0.87; 0.84 to 0.91; PCI-0.93; 0.90 to 0.96), whereas no statistically significant differences were found in the RA and SSC groups. Subsequently, the ORs (95% CIs) of mortality (1.15; 1.07 to 1.23) and bleeding (1.24; 1.16 to 1.31) were increased in patients with SLE; SSC was associated with increased ORs (95% CIs) of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (1.52; 1.38 to 1.68) and mortality (1.81; 1.62 to 2.02) but not bleeding or stroke; the RA group was at no increased risk for any complication. CONCLUSION: In a nationwide cohort of AMI hospitalizations we found lower use of invasive management in patients with SLE and worse outcomes after AMI in patients with SLE and SSC compared with those without AIRD.
OBJECTIVES: To examine national-level differences in management strategies and outcomes in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from 2004 through 2014. METHODS: All AMI hospitalizations were analyzed from the National Inpatient Sample, stratified according to AIRD diagnosis into 4 groups: no AIRD, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and systemic sclerosis (SSC). The associations between AIRD subtypes and (1) receipt of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and (2) clinical outcomes were examined compared with patients without AIRD. RESULTS: Of 6,747,797 AMI hospitalizations, 109,983 patients (1.6%) had an AIRD diagnosis (RA: 1.3%, SLE: 0.3%, and SSC: 0.1%). The prevalence of RA rose from 1.0% (2004) to 1.5% (2014), and SLE and SSC remained stable. Patients with SLE were less likely to receive invasive management (odds ratio [OR] [95% CI]: coronary angiography-0.87; 0.84 to 0.91; PCI-0.93; 0.90 to 0.96), whereas no statistically significant differences were found in the RA and SSC groups. Subsequently, the ORs (95% CIs) of mortality (1.15; 1.07 to 1.23) and bleeding (1.24; 1.16 to 1.31) were increased in patients with SLE; SSC was associated with increased ORs (95% CIs) of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (1.52; 1.38 to 1.68) and mortality (1.81; 1.62 to 2.02) but not bleeding or stroke; the RA group was at no increased risk for any complication. CONCLUSION: In a nationwide cohort of AMI hospitalizations we found lower use of invasive management in patients with SLE and worse outcomes after AMI in patients with SLE and SSC compared with those without AIRD.