Figure 2. Rates of Death/Readmission.

Kaplan Meier curves for rates of death/readmission within 120 days according to Morisky score. Variables included in the model: age, gender, race, ethnicity, insurance status, marital status, educational level, prior MI, prior PCI, prior CABG surgery, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, peripheral arterial disease, prior heart failure, prior atrial fibrillation or flutter, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, dialysis, smoking status, chronic lung disease, recent gastrointestinal or genitourinary bleeding in the 6 months prior to index MI admission, STEMI presentation, cardiac arrest within 24 hours of admission, cardiogenic shock within 24 hours of admission, heart failure signs or symptoms within two weeks before admission, body mass index, admission heart rate, admission systolic blood pressure, pre-procedure hemoglobin, pre-procedure creatinine clearance, multivessel disease on angiography, multivessel PCI, bifurcating culprit lesion, culprit lesion involving a CABG graft, drug-eluting stent implantation, culprit lesion successfully dilated, left ventricular ejection fraction, transfer-in status, number of hospitalizations between index hospital discharge and the 6-week interview, and hospital referral region.

CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction