SEX-SPECIFIC MODELS TO PREDICT NEAR TERM RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Risk factors for near-term myocardial infarction in apparently healthy men and women.

BACKGROUND Limited information is available regarding risk factors for the near-term (4 years) onset of myocardial infarction (MI). We evaluated established cardiovascular risk factors and putative circulating biomarkers as predictors for MI within 4 years of measurement. METHODS We conducted a matched, nested case-control study (252 cases and 499 controls) drawing on 45 735 men and women par...

sex differences in acute myocardial infarction

The ability of several short-term measures of RR variability to predict mortality after myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND We studied 715 patients 2 weeks after myocardial infarction to test the hypothesis that short-term power spectral measures of RR variability (calculated from 2 to 15 minutes of normal RR interval data) will predict all-cause mortality or arrhythmic death. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed power spectral analyses on the entire 24-hour RR interval time series. To compare with the 24-h...

The Abilit of Several Short-term Measures of RR Variability to Predict Mortalit After Myocardial Infarction

Background. We studied 715 patients 2 weeks after myocardial infarction to test the hypothesis that short-term power spectral measures of RR variability (calculated from 2 to 15 minutes of normal RR interval data) will predict all-cause mortality or arrhythmic death. Methods and Resuls.We performed power spectral analyses on the entire 24-hour RR interval time series. To compare with the 24-hou...

Long-term, cause-specific mortality after myocardial infarction in diabetes.

AIMS To compare long-term, cause-specific mortality after reperfusion therapy for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in patients with and without diabetes. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with STEMI (n = 395) were randomised to intravenous streptokinase (SK) or primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Median follow-up was 7.5 years (interquartile range 5.6-8.5). A total ...