Abstract:Background and objectivesTo investigate the clinical relevance of the timing of heart failure (HF) development on long-term outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Materials and methodsA total of 1,925 consecutive AMI patients were divided into 4 groups according to the timing of HF development; HF at admission (group I, n = 627), de novo HF during hospitalization (group II, n = 162), de novo HF after discharge (group III, n = 98), no HF (group IV, n = 1,038). Major adverse cardiac events (M… Show more
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