Does Comorbidity Account for the Excess Mortality in Patients With Major Bleeding in Acute Myocardial Infarction?
Author(s) -
Frederick A. Spencer,
Mauro Moscucci,
Christopher B. Granger,
Joel M. Gore,
Robert J. Goldberg,
Philippe Gabríel Steg,
Shaun G. Goodman,
Andrzej Budaj,
Gordon FitzGerald,
Keith A.A. Fox
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.694273
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , aspirin , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , comorbidity , adverse effect , cardiology
Analyses from randomized controlled trials suggest that bleeding in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with poor outcomes. Because these data are not generalizable to all patients with acute myocardial infarction, we sought to better understand the scope of this problem in a "real-world" setting.
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