Acute, severe noncardiac conditions in patients with acute myocardial infarction

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.040 Byline: Judith H. Lichtman (a), Amir Fathi (b), Martha J. Radford (c), Zhenqiu Lin (d), Caroline S. Loeser (e), Harlan M. Krumholz (d)(f)(g)(h) Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Mortality; Risk factors Abstract: The study's purpose was to determine the prevalence and prognostic importance of acute, severe, noncardiac conditions present at the time of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Author Affiliation: (a) Section of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (b) Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass (c) Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY (d) Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn (e) Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (f) Section of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (g) Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (h) Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Article History: Revised 20 March 2006 Article Note: (footnote) Dr. Lichtman is supported by grant number 1 K01 DP000085-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.