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TYPE II MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND THE RISK OF READMISSION
S.A. Doleeb, R.D. Patel, S. Olet, J.J.F. Kram, R.J. Logue, P. Nallani, M.F Jan,
S. Allaqaband
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Background: Readmission of patients with Type II myocardial infarction (T2MI), an imbalance between oxygen supply/demand in the presence or absence of atherosclerosis, is common, costly, and perhaps preventable. To our knowledge, characteristics associated with readmission of patients with T2MI have not been previously investigated.
Objective: To identify the characteristics of patients readmitted with T2MI.
Methods: We retrospectively studied patients older than 18 years who presented to our health care facilities between 9/2011-12/2015. All patients diagnosed with T2MI (i.e., if the patient had an elevated troponin greater than or equal to 0.05 ng/mL or diagnosis of demand ischemia) were included. We excluded those with troponin greater than 20.0 ng/mL, ST-elevation MI diagnosis, cardiogenic shock, or non-ST-elevation MI with percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass surgery. Logistic regression, two-sample t-test, Chi-square and Fishers exact tests were used for statistical analysis. All tests were performed at a 5% level of significance.
Results: Readmission rate in this cohort of 21,139 was 5,066 (24%). Univariate analysis showed older age and White race (P’s ................
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