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. 2017 Feb 7;17:53. doi: 10.1186/s12872-017-0482-9

Table 4.

Cardiovascular outcomes: incidence (two study populations; two articles)

Reference Assessment Incidence
Shafazand et al. 2011 [21] HF at 1–3 years in patients surviving 1 year without HF 35–64-year age group
1993–1995: 2.32%
1996–1998: 1.82%
1999–2001: 1.79%
2002–2004: 1.47%
p < 0.001
65–84-year age group
1993–1995: 5.03%
1996–1998: 4.44%
1999–2001: 4.45%
2002–2004: 4.28%
p < 0.001
Rapsomaniki et al. 2014 [20] Cumulative non-fatal MI/coronary death risk up to 5.5 years after eventa Cumulative risk of non-fatal MI/coronary death was shown to increase further after 1 year for up to 5.5 years; cumulative risk of death in stable patients after NSTEMI > MI (type unspecified) > after STEMIb

HF heart failure, MI myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction

aFollow-up started 6 months after the event

bAll shown on curve; actual values not reported for time starting 1 year after the event