Evaluation of Risk Factors Associated with Reinfarction: A Multicenter Observational Study

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Reinfarction after incidence of myocardial infarction is a serious complication and is responsible for high mortality. Various factors are responsible for reinfarction including smoking, prior procedures or surgeries, and use of medications such as aspirin, β-blocker, and angiotensin-converting enzyme Iihibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective study was conducted with 243 participants. Participants were divided into two groups: patients who had a reinfarction during hospital and patients who did not. RESULTS: There were 142 (58.4%) men and 101 (41.6%) women in the study. A total of 17 (6.9%) patients had reinfarction. Age (68.4±10.9 vs. 64.4±11.8; 0.001), diabetes (47.05% vs. 22.12%; 0.02), and history of myocardial infarction (29.5% vs. 11.4%; 0.02) were identified as risk factors for reinfarction Conclusion: Our study reports that certain parameters such as age, obesity, diabetes mellitus,, and history of myocardial infarction can be used to assess the risk of reinfarction among these patients.