Abstract
Backgrounds The disparity between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI) remains controversial. We compared clinical outcomes and prognostic factors between STEMI and NSTEMI using large-scale registry data. Methods We recruited 28,421 patients with STEMI (n = 16,607) and NSTEMI (n = 11,814) between November 2005 and April 2010 from a nationwide registry in Korea. We performed landmark analysis of cardiac death, recurrent acute myocardial infarction (re-AMI), revascularization, and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at 30 days (early term) and 1 year (late term) after admission. Results Patients with NSTEMI had a greater number of co-morbidities than STEMI patients. Early term MACE (6.9% vs. 4.5%, p < 0.001) and cardiac death (6.1% vs. 3.7%, p < 0.001) were higher in STEMI patients. However, late-term MACE (8.0% vs. 9.1%, p = 0.007), cardiac death (1.9% vs. 2.6%, p = 0.001), and re-AMI (0.6% vs. 1.3%, p < 0.001) were lower in the STEMI group. The independent predictors of cardiac death were old age, renal dysfunction, LV dysfunction, Killip class, post-thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow, and major bleeding in both groups. Female gender, previous ischemic heart disease, diabetes, current smoking, multivessel disease, and body mass index were MI type- or time-dependent predictors. Conclusion The STEMI group displayed poor early term clinical outcome, whereas the NSTEMI group displayed poor late-term clinical outcome. The STEMI and NSTEMI groups had different predictor profiles for cardiac death, suggesting that different strategies are required for improving the late-term outcome of STEMI and NSTEMI patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 254-261 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Cardiology |
Volume | 169 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Nov 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:KAMIR was carried out with the support of the Korean Circulation Society (KCS) in the memorandum of the 50th anniversary KCS. This study was supported by grant number 02-2011-056 from the SNUBH Research Fund and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2012R1A2A2A02012821 and 2012M3A9C7050140 ).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine