Coronary artery disease
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Coronary artery disease · Sep 2009
Predictors of 30-day and 1-year mortality after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Predictors of 30-day mortality may differ from predictors of mortality at 1 year among 30-day survivors of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We aimed to evaluate the predictors of 30-day and 1-year mortality in unselected patients with STEMI treated with PCI. ⋯ Despite the fact that most characteristics of 30-day and 1-year mortality among 30-day survivors are similar, we found that variables that affect mortality beyond the acute phase may not necessarily be the same as those that influence early mortality.