Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A total of 8741 (mean age: 64.6 ± 12.7 years, men) consecutive AMI patients treated with drug-eluting stents were entered into the Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry from November 2011 to December 2015. Patients were divided into six groups according to whether they were taking statins (on- statin group) or not ( statin naive group) and depending on their LDL cholesterol level at admission (<70, 70-99, 100-129, 130-159, >160 mg/dl). Clinical outcomes at 24 months in patients with AMI were examined. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Woong Gil Choi, Man Jong Baek, Seung-Woon Rha, Byoung Geol Choi, Yang Gi Ryu, Cheol Ho Lee, Cheol Ung Choi, Chang Gyu Park, Hong Seog Seo, Myung Ho Jeong, other Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (KAMIR) Investigators |
Journal | Coronary artery disease
(Coron Artery Dis)
Vol. 31
Issue 1
Pg. e44-e50
(01 01 2022)
ISSN: 1473-5830 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 34347637
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Topics |
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Lipoproteins, LDL
(analysis, blood)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
(complications, epidemiology, mortality)
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Republic of Korea
(epidemiology)
- Risk Factors
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