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Prior Aspirin Use and Outcomes in Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Edward L. Portnay, MD^_*, JoAnne M. Foody, MD^_*, Saif S. Rathore, MPH^_*, Yongfei Wang, MS^_*, Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH^,,, Jeptha P. Curtis, MD^_* and Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, FACC^{_*,||,¶,#,_*}

^_* Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Aurora, Colorado
Division of Cardiology, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
^|| Section of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
^¶ Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
^# Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Adjusted 30-day risk of death and readmission: relative risk ratio and its 95% confidence interval. AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CAD = coronary artery disease; CVA = cerebrovascular accident.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Adjusted six-month risk of death and readmission: hazard ratio and its 95% confidence interval. AMI = acute myocardial infarction; CAD = coronary artery disease; CVA = cerebrovascular accident.