Key learning points
premature death
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI), COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
What is already knownHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a key outcome in cardiovascular diseases.
Researchers have focused mostly on objective measures of health, such as mortality and
morbidity, but HRQoL may impact negatively on patient outcomes.What this study addsThis is the largest nationwide patient-level cohort to date that provides a holistic
view on health states of myocardial infarction (MI) survivors capturing HRQoL and
clinical outcome trends up to 10 years following hospitalization with MI. The use of a
longitudinal study design allows the capture of temporal trends in changes of HRQoL
over time and associations with patient outcomes.This cohort profile data can be used to determine the associations of HRQoL with
fatal and non-fatal outcomes following MI identifying precisely in whom worse (or
better) outcomes may occur to permit the design and testing of novel interventions to
reduce premature death from MI and its complications.