Open AccessCause of Death in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Author(s) -
Nishizaki Yuji,
Miyauchi Katsumi,
Okazaki Shinya,
Tamura Hiroshi,
Okai Iwao,
Ogita Manabu,
Kato Yoshiteru,
Tsuboi Shuta,
Konishi Hirokazu,
Naito Ryo,
Kurata Takeshi,
Daida Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.14442/jgfm.17.4_332
Subject(s) - medicine , cause of death , acute coronary syndrome , heart failure , pneumonia , disease , intensive care medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction
Background: It is important to assess cause of death in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to improve the accuracy of prognosis. Methods: We investigated the cause of death in 221 patients with a first diagnosis of ACS. Results: In the short‐term outcome, the major cause of death was cardiovascular disease (35/50, 70.0%). In the long‐term outcome, non‐cardiovascular death was the major cause of death (97/171, 56.7%). The major preventable causes of death were pneumonia (13/171, 7.6%) and heart failure (19/171, 11.1%). Conclusions: The major preventable causes of death in patients with ACS are pneumonia and heart failure in the long‐term outcome.