Pain 1 year after MI tied to all-cause mortality.

In the analysis of post-MI health data for more than 18,300 Swedish adults, those with moderate pain were 35% more likely to die from any cause during follow-up, compared with those with no pain, and those with extreme pain were more than twice as likely to die. Patients reporting moderate or extreme pain a year after a myocardial infarction (MI) - even pain due to other health conditions - are more likely to die within the next 8 years than those without post-MI pain, new research suggests. [Extracted from the article]