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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 178, Issue 8, Pages 1272-1280Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt109
Keywords
cardiovascular diseases; community studies; ejection fraction; heart failure; myocardial infarction; population-based studies; secular trends; surveillance
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL59205, R01 HL72435]
- National Institute on Aging [R01 AG034676]
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Major changes have recently occurred in the epidemiology of myocardial infarction (MI) that could possibly affect outcomes such as heart failure (HF). Data describing trends in HF after MI are scarce and conflicting and do not distinguish between preserved and reduced ejection fraction (EF). We evaluated temporal trends in HF after MI. All residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota (n 2,596) who had a first-ever MI diagnosed in 19902010 and no prior HF were followed-up through 2012. Framingham Heart Study criteria were used to define HF, which was further classified according to EF. Both early-onset (07 days after MI) and late-onset (8 days to 5 years after MI) HF were examined. Changes in patient presentation were noted, including fewer ST-segmentelevation MIs, lower Killip class, and more comorbid conditions. Over the 5-year follow-up period, 715 patients developed HF, 475 of whom developed it during the first week. The age- and sex-adjusted risk declined from 19901996 to 20042010, with hazard ratios of 0.67 (95 confidence interval (CI): 0.54, 0.85) for early-onset HF and 0.63 (95 CI: 0.45, 0.86) for late-onset HF. Further adjustment for patient and MI characteristics yielded hazard ratios of 0.86 (95 CI: 0.66, 1.11) and 0.63 (95 CI: 0.45, 0.88) for early- and late-onset HF, respectively. Declines in early-onset and late-onset HF were observed for HF with reduced EF (50) but not for HF with preserved EF, indicating a change in the case mix of HF after MI that requires new prevention strategies.
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