Impact of Initial Diagnosis on Mortality for Patients Hospitalised With Acute Myocardial Infarction

University of Leeds

Status: Completed

Conditions: ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction; Non ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02600962

PG/13/81/30474

Initial diagnosis study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of an initial non-specific / non-cardiac diagnosis on mortality among patients hospitalised with acute myocardial infarction.

Enrollment: 564,412 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged between 18 and 100 years
• patients discharged alive with STEMI or NSTEMI

Exclusion criteria

• patients who die in hospital
• patients not discharged with STEMI or NSTEMI

Trial design

564,412 participants in 2 patient groups

STEMI

Description:

Patients discharged with STEMI

NSTEMI

Description:

Patients discharged with NSTEMI