Outcomes Worse for STEMI Patients Without Obvious Risk Factors
March 12, 2021 STEMI commonly occurs in the absence of four common CV risk factors—hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and current smoking—and when it does, outcomes can be worse than those seen in the larger STEMI population, data from the SWEDEHEART registry indicate. All-cause mortality at 30 days was significantly higher in patients without one of these standard modifiable CV risk factors (11.3% vs 7.9%; HR 1.47; 95% CI 1.37-1.57), dubbed SMuRFs by Gemma Figtree, DPhil (Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia), and colleagues. The disparity was exacerbated in women—S...
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