Prognosis following first acute myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes: A comparative population study

Abstract

Aims: To estimate the incidence of death and macrovascular complications after a first myocardial infarction for patients with Type 2 diabetes. Research design: In a retrospective, incidence cohort study in the Tayside Region of Scotland we studied all patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of first acute myocardial infarction from 1 April 1993 to 31 December 1994. The primary endpoint was time to death. Secondary endpoints were 2-year incidence of hospital admission for angina, myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, coronary angiography, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Results: The 147 patients with Type 2 diabetes had si..