Do overweight patients have a better five years prognosis after an acute myocardial infarction treated with coronary intervention?
Patients after primary angioplasty for STEMI with BMI 〈 25 kg/m(2) and patients with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2) have no difference in 30-day or one-year mortality, but individuals with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2) have a better five year prognosis, and this is independent of other potentially confounding variables.
Thus, ischemia-modified albumin may have a role as a biochemical marker for transient myocardial ischemia induced by coronary vasospasm.