Low previous cardiovascular risk of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

G. Rodrigues, P. Araújo Goncąlves, F. Moscoso Costa, R. Campante Teles, D. Hélder, L. Mariano, J. Brito, H. Mesquita Gabriel, M. Almeida, M. Mendes

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Abstract

Background Myocardial infarction is frequently the initial form of presentation of coronary artery disease (CAD). Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation (SCORE) risk tables are used in primary prevention and provide an estimate of cardiovascular (CV) risk through known risk factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the SCORE, calculated using data previous to the event, to estimate CV risk of a population of patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as the first manifestation of CAD. Methods and results From a prospective registry including 3056 patients with STEMI subjected to coronary angiography between 2004 and 2014, 1628 patients with STEMI as the first manifestation of CAD were included after the exclusion of patients with known CAD (n=748, 24.5%), patients with high-risk equivalents (n=930, 30.4%), and patients with normal coronaries (n=57, 1.87%). The individual risk profile was calculated using data previous to the event and patients were classified into three established subgroups: Low risk (SCORE
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)413-416
Number of pages4
JournalCoronary Artery Disease
Volume28
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Coronary artery disease
  • risk stratification
  • ST-elevation myocardial infarction
  • Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation

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